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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Zibo · Yuwang Mountain Town · Pottery and Colored Glaze Workshop in China by Co-Direction DesignNovember 27th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Co-Direction Design Since a thousand years ago, Boshan has become a renowned town of ceramics and colored glaze. Touring around it, one can fully enjoy the beautiful landscape and fascinating culture. Many old villages here such as Guyao Village witnessed the passage of time, inherited ingenious craftsmanship as well as the spirit for striving for excellence, and created various exquisite artworks. Based on these favorable natural and cultural conditions in Boshan, the client decided to construct an “elder-care town” beside Yuwang Mountain, a destination for old people to enjoy later life. Pottery and Colored Glaze Workshop, the project undertaken by Co-Direction Design, is situated in the “elder-care town”.  Pottery-workshop, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng
 Coloured-glaze-area, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng Bearing in mind the inheritance of local traditional culture and the essence of design, the design team conceived to restructure the space and integrate historical and cultural elements into it, aiming to reach a balance between the contemporary and the traditional. The overall space features a smooth and natural layout, with ochre, black and white as major hues. Woods, stones, copper and bricks were widely utilized, together creating a calm and restrained atmosphere in the space. Besides, cultural symbols of ceramics dating back to one thousand years ago were ingeniously incorporated into the interior design.  Pottery-workshop, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Artists-studio-on-the-2nd-floor, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng A massive granite stone functions as the front desk, which is in harmony with the space, directly evoking people’s deeper feelings. The foyer was designed with a symmetrical layout, conveying oriental aesthetics of order. The wired glass screens in this area are placed with a certain distance from each other, which exude dim and soft lights and form the contrast of massiveness and lightness with the architecture.  Reception-area, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Reception-area, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng The ceiling was designed with curved and strip-shaped structures, which shows the structural aesthetics of traditional Chinese architecture and adds a sense of formality to the space. Lights fall on the tiered glazed bricks, generating soft glitter like jades and pearls, and indicating the rich local cultural context. Large area of white walls and gray hollow bricks echo each other, which endows the space with unique textures, blurs boundaries within it and facilitates the interaction of lights and shadows. The whole space is like a piece of classical music deducted by exquisite architectural elements. Walking through it, one can deeply feel the collision between modern design language and traditional aesthetics as well as the inheritance of Chinese culture.  Reception-area, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Intersection-on-the-2nd-floor, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Intersection-on-the-2nd-floor, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Curators-office, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Pottery-workshop, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Artists-studio-on-the-2nd-floor, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Intersection-on-the-2nd-floor, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Curators-office, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Pottery-workshop, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Intersection-on-the-2nd-floor, Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  Image Courtesy © Jing Xufeng  1st-floor, Image Courtesy © Co-Direction Design  2nd-floor, Image Courtesy © Co-Direction Design
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