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Baoshan U World Mixed Use

Aico Ltd Mixed Use Real Estate Monday, 15 July 2024

Baoshan U World

Baoshan U World is a mixed use development in a suburban district of Shanghai. The layout uses a permeable perimeter block. Continuous facades along the city roads define an active public sidewalk, while several paths and small plazas lead into a central courtyard. The porous plan improves visual links to the nearby riverfront greenery. Community facilities and entertainment venues occupy the ground floor to keep the streets lively. Creative offices and apartments sit along the sides and surround a community service building that serves as a social and fitness hub.

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3 Mobile Lifestyle Store Shop

Yan Yik Lun Shop Interior Sunday, 14 July 2024

3 Mobile Lifestyle Store

3 Mobile Lifestyle Store is a retail interior design for a mobile network brand in Hong Kong. The store covers 150 square metres. Contrasting black and white stripes run across every corner of the space. Wide diagonal lines shape the linear light bar and the floor pattern. Wooden finishes add a sense of harmony and simplicity. The customer service area uses noise absorbing fabric partitions inspired by first class aircraft seating. An enclosed workshop with operable glass partitions hosts tutorials and can open to the sales area for events.

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Leyang Party KTV Entertainment

Bing Cai Cai Entertainment Interior Saturday, 13 July 2024

Leyang Party KTV

Leyang Party KTV is a karaoke venue interior located in Yunnan, China, completed in June 2020. The interior covers 4600 square meters. The rooms are arranged by theme and by consumer group, which reduces the sense of crowding in the compact space. Lines of LED digital lighting run through the interior in different combinations. Behind the main stage, LED lines of varying lengths form a surface shaped like a pair of wings. A blue base tone adds depth, while red light guides visitors along the long and narrow corridors between the rooms.

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Bookish Atmosphere Sales Center

Li Zhang Sales Center Interior Friday, 12 July 2024

Bookish Atmosphere

Bookish Atmosphere is a sales center interior located in Jiangsu, China, and completed in 2019. The project covers 1269 square meters. The exterior draws on the features of ancient buildings in Jinling and joins them with modern aesthetics and practical function. Brick surfaces are treated as the spirit of the space, and the gaps between the bricks create a quiet sense of order. Water-like ornaments and landscape elements recall the rivers of Nanjing. Borrowed scenery guides the traffic flow, so visitors move through the interior as through a contemporary garden.

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Archi-Lab Laboratory of Architecture

Yen-Ling Chen Laboratory of Architecture Interior Thursday, 11 July 2024

Archi-Lab

Archi-Lab is an architecture studio interior designed as a place for spatial experiments. The design brings exterior materials inside. Brick, concrete, tiles and re-bars are common exterior materials in the sub-tropical city of Taipei, where rain and humidity have led to tiled outer walls. Within Archi-Lab, these materials are re-organized to bring the scale of the exterior into the interior. New walls are mixed with old brick, and the book shelves are made from re-bars. The intent is to explore new possibilities in spatial design.

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Bamboo Space Yoga Space

Wang Jun Yoga Space Interior Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Bamboo Space

Bamboo is a yoga space located in an office building in the central business district of Nanchang, China. The interior mainly serves urban office workers who practise yoga and seek a quiet place for relaxation. The bamboo forest is used as the design concept, creating a natural and calm atmosphere. Rustic cement paint, warm wood veneer, natural bamboo and white paint emphasise the natural qualities of ordinary materials. A circular circulation route links areas for tea breaks, reading and conversation.

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