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Land of Euphoria Real Estate Sales Center

Land of Euphoria

Reversing the function-oriented design of sales office and the old impression of the site, the designer set up a suspended roof with simple design and color matching coupling with Chinese garden landscaping method, further created a fantasy of settling. The hall bringing in greenery with bright windows as well extracting local culture, giving an experience of nature and transcending substance. The overall design retained traditional oriental aesthetics and also brought fresh thinking in line with the times.

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Guangzhou Agile Riverside Park Sales Gallery

Guangzhou Agile Riverside Park

Guangzhou Agile Riverside Park is a sales gallery located in Conghua, Guangzhou, completed in 2021. The interior draws on the local heritage of traditional Chinese painting and on the riverside setting, where residents once travelled by boat and watched the sunset. Landscape and garden elements are reinterpreted indoors, with forms based on boats, water waves and sunset shadows. A large feature hangs above the model display area. Three lining materials were tested, and the lightest one was chosen so that the feature moves gently with the breeze passing from outside to inside.

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Changzhou Zhimu Spa Club

Changzhou Zhimu Spa

Changzhou Zhimu Spa is a spa interior of 1000 square meters in Changzhou. The space is developed from the perspective of internal architecture, with large volumes and angular outlines. Walls, passages and reception areas are treated as hard blocks finished in warm gray Italian stone powder paint. Stone-stacked stairs are wrapped in thin white steel strips, forming a translucent volume that stands like a sculpture. Thick aluminum plate powder coating, mirror stainless steel, stone and an LED screen complete the interior, creating a quiet and mysterious retreat from outside noise.

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Kama-Asa Shop Kitchen Utensils

Kama-Asa Shop

Kama-Asa Shop is a retail interior design for a store selling kitchen utensils in Tokyo. The shop is based on the belief that good tools are made for a good reason, so the space presents the skills of the craftsmen who make the tools on display. To reflect that idea, the interior shows the skills of building craftsmen. Rebar, a ribbed steel bar normally hidden inside walls, becomes the main design element. Handrails and furniture are made of rebar. The forms are simple, yet the work still requires careful craftsmanship.

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Planet 0238  Exhibition Center

Planet 0238

Planet 0238 is an exhibition center with an interstellar exploration theme, covering 1800 square meters in Chongqing, China. The design combines display with retail and includes a reception area, a negotiation area and a coffee bar. A long winding light strip on the ceiling marks the route through the space. The floor recalls the gray surface of a distant planet. Black marble tabletops contrast with off-white sofas, and curved forms soften the boundaries of the rooms. Mirror finishes reflect light to suggest a wide starry sky.

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Wuhan UI Sales Center

Wuhan UI

Wuhan UI is a sales center interior inspired by the water culture of Wuhan. Sound and space form the framework of the design concept. Original music was composed for the interior, and the sound tracks are mixed invisibly through the rooms, so visitors move as if within a sound field. A spiral staircase leads toward the sound source on the second floor, so the route is guided by hearing as well as by sight. Art installations combine stairs, a bronze mirror and a hanging stone. Materials include artistic lacquer, decorative brick and artificial stone with wood grains.

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