Completed in 2022, Aedas-designed Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd Office Project utilises a simple elegant form. It is derived from the northern light, which creates the twisting shape of the 180m tall tower to form expressive double-curved surfaces on the building façades. Vertical lines accentuate the minimalistic form and through the effect of reflect...
Project name
Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd Office Project
Location
Jiangbei District, Chongqing, China
Principal architect
Ken Wai, Global Design Principal
Client
Chongqing Gaoke Group Co., Ltd.
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
WEZO is not only a synthesis which gathers living, dining, bar, art culture, lifestyle, but also a platform of brands collection. It’s creating a circle of art life and a space of social contact for urban youth. Essentially, WEZO is a combination of diversified lifestyle, culture, art and business.
Architecture firm
WEDO DESIGN
Location
#92 Guojielou Street, Qingyang District (Shaocheng), Chengdu, China
Collaborators
MOUTT FURNITURE
Interior design
WEDO DESIGN
Construction
EPOS ARCHITECTURE
Typology
Hotel, Hospitality
Named Guan Zi Zai (Sanskrit: avalokitêśvara, “looking on”) from Heart Sutra, the project intends to combine life experience and speculative insight. Located in the urban-rural fringe area, the project is based on the truth-seeking for the past, nature, and the human mind. If it happens to be a footnote to big issues such as rural revitalization, it...
Project name
Guan Zi Zai House
Architecture firm
Tanzo Space Design
Location
Haidian District, Beijing, China
Photography
Shi Yunfeng. Video: Du Peng
Principal architect
Wang Daquan
Design team
Project Planning: Wang Kun
Collaborators
Furniture brands: Thrudesign, Fnji, Yiji. Floral: Wan Hong. Copywriting planning: NARJEELING
Lighting
Guangyan Shengpin
Typology
Residential › House
The design responds to the predominately small and medium-sized companies and young creative retailers in the office park. Opening what would traditionally be a closed building, we created exciting paths of exploration and vibrant social spaces. CLOU has carved the 10,000 sqm massing into a sculptural form with stepped terraces for a proposal that...
Project name
Vanke Qingdao Business Park
Architecture firm
CLOU architects
Principal architect
Jan Clostermann
Design team
Jan Clostermann, Wenhui Lu, Tait Kaplan, Tiago Tavares, Xiaomeng Su, Dongfang Xie, Yaxi Wang
Collaborators
LDI(Local Design Institute): Beijing Architectural Design Institute of China Construction Corporation. Façade Consultant: Huaming Design Group
Visualization
Weiqing Wang
Tools used
Micro Station, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Rinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Typology
Commercial › Office Building, Mixed Use & Transport, Retail & Leisure, Urban Renewal, Workplace
How can a dark basement of a commercial mixed-use development be transformed into a warm and pleasant conference center that appeals to a young, trendsetting customer target group? Creating this interior design project ‘The Arcade’ in Hangzhou presented Superimpose Architecture with that as its main design challenge.
Architecture firm
Superimpose Architecture
Principal architect
Carolyn Leung, Ben de Lange, Ruben Bergambagt, Ben de Lange, Ruben Bergambagt
Design team
Carolyn Leung, Ben de Lange, Ruben Bergambagt, Ana Raluca Timisescu, Yunqiao Du, Junwei Loh, Valeryia Mazurkevich, Shuyang Li, Michal Marcinkowski, Rafaela Agapito, Jay Peng Shijie, Xiaoyu Xu
Built area
Phase 1 - 2,600 m²
Interior design
Superimpose Architecture
Lighting
Superimpose Architecture
Supervision
Superimpose Architecture
Material
Terrazzo, Wood Lattices, Carpet, Diatum Mud, Tiles
Client
Hangzhou Haiyue Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Typology
Conference Center
Wutopia Lab has been commissioned by Sino-Ocean Group to create a monologue art museum on the park green of SEATOPIA in Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao, dedicated to an infinite minority of people who want to be free from the worldly distractions. It was completed and opened to public in July 2022.
Project name
Monologue Art Museum
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Beidaihe District, Qinhuangdao, China
Photography
CreatAR Images, Seven W
Principal architect
Ting Yu (Chief Architect), Hao Li (Project Architect & manager)
Design team
Raven Xu, Zhizheng Wang, Ziheng Li, Xinping Jiang (Intern)
Collaborators
Prototype Research: Xinyang Dai, Jun Ge, Murong Xia, Binhai Miu (Structure). Material Consultant: Jing Sun. Design Development: Shanghai SUNYAT Architecture Design Co., Ltd. Façade: BG&E Façade Technology (shanghai) Co., Ltd. Construction Drawing Design: Tianjing Tianzituowei Architecture Design Co., Ltd. Yumei Zhu. Finishing: Sino-Ocean Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. Curtain Wall: Tianjin Dongfang Haichuan Door Window and Curtain Wall Joint-stock Co., Ltd.Garden: Beijing Shengyuan Ecological Garden Co., Ltd. Flower Tile: Tangshan Yuchuan Construction & Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. Model: Nayu Su
Interior design
Wutopia Lab . Interior: Bing Yu, Rui Shen, Licong Zhou, Fang Zhang
Design year
April, 2021- June, 2021
Completion year
July, 2022
Structural engineer
Wenxiao Hu
Environmental & MEP
Electromechanics: Jiayin Shi, Bo Mao, Yaqian Mao, Yuheng Zou
Landscape
Wutopia Lab, Beijing Sino-Ocean Landscape Design Institute Co., Ltd.
Lighting
Chloe Zhang, Shiyu Wei, Xueyi Liu
Construction
General Contractor: Zhongtian Construction Group Co., Ltd. Construction Unit: SINO-OCEAN GROUP SEATOPIA
Client
Client Team: Xiaoyan Zhang, Yuemin Jin, Dongfang Zhao, Junhao Li, Yue Yang, Yu Shi, Dongyang Zhao, Jiyao Wang, Hai Dou, Jiang Yu, Zhining Zhang, Ning Su, Xingwang Liu, Yishen Jiao
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
The black wall was the boundary. They were divided into different groups. Cut and combined. Rows upon rows, breaking the single restriction. The whole arc-shaped hot curved glass was at the bottom, and the dark green to black color changed. A strange device created with the core inspiration symbols, like a spider's tentacle, stood between the windo...
Project name
KVK City Concept Store
Architecture firm
ATMOSPHERE Architects
Photography
Chuan He from Here Space. Video Production: YIMEDUO Design
Principal architect
Tommy Yu
Design team
April Lo, Chloe Chen, Mao Mao
Collaborators
Installation Art: Studio Potpourri. Wall Craft Solution: Souls. Animation Design: Vivi Lee. Article: SIJIA
Interior design
ATMOSPHERE Architects
Typology
Commercial › Store
Emerged more than 100 years ago, metro plays an essential role in contemporary urban life. Originated from metro transportation, transit-oriented development (TOD) mode is creating a new urban lifestyle. It enables open, efficient, convenient and composite urban transportation to encounter with smart, natural, leisurely and dreamy future life. Vank...
Project name
Metro Station Passage at Vanke Wonderland, Hangzhou
Architecture firm
TOMO DESIGN, TO ACC
Photography
FREE WILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Design team
Vanke Hangzhou
Collaborators
Cooperative Design: Reed, Daniel, Asi, Jason. Decoration Design: Tin. Technical support: Shenzhen Lighting Language of Design Co., Ltd.
Interior design
Uno Chan, Xiao Fei
Material
Textural coating, Aluminium plate, Wood-grain brick, Stainless steel
Client
Hangzhou Xishu Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
