The trends in all sectors keep changing along with the times. Following existing rules is a safe choice, but only when breaking the shackles of rules can we pioneer a new path towards future. This is in line with what Pritzker winner Renzo Piano advocates: ignoring and breaking rules.
Based in Beijing, DJX Design conceives space by combining concept with functional demands. In recent two years, the practice has been mainly working on two major project series, Qushui Lanting Resort Hotel and Shuiguo Tangquan, with completed and under-construction projects in multiple Chinese cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, etc.
Compared to previous photography studios that featured a blank-space setting to adapt to every-changing market trends, photographers nowadays tend to have a workspace that highlights personality.
Recently, design practice Shire Space Research conceived a workspace for photography studio Damon. Instead of following trends, this space conveys the studio’s unique character. The major challenge and breakthrough of the design is the creation of spatial scenes and atmosphere.
Yiwu is located in Zhejiang Province, the geographical centre of Hangzhou, Ningbo and Jinhua, with intensive exchanges with other cities in Zhejiang. EQUATOR PEAK COFFEE is in the centre of Yiwu, with easy access to the city and a riverside view. It is close to Wanda Plaza and high-end residential areas, with a stable audience with a certain level of purchasing power.
The architect tries to present and explore the relationship between the building and the city through the visual extension.
BSH headquarters is located in Shaoxing city, it designed by the Greater Dog Architects. The main building called é é é that emerged in the city by its unique quality. é é é is a comprehensive functional building integrating retail space, office, restaurants, R&D and production, and sightseeing factory.
BSH focuses on bedding products which are from high quality goose down. It finished from a series of production processes of raw materials – cleaning – processing – inspection – filling – labeling. The white linear structure language of building is inspired by the characteristics of “goose down”.
The Hotel Nudibranch is a key part of the Nanji international tourism island development in Zhejiang, in the East China Sea. The site is called Dashaao, which means ‘grand sandy bay’. The design is inspired by sea creatures, which the island is famous for, such as nudibranch and other shellfish. This “mollusk” lifts itself by its soft legs and stretches its tentacles to explore different directions. The public part of the hotel resembles a floating space above the sand. The sandy ground blends into the hotel to become an outdoor playground in the shadow cast by the building above. The legs connect people from the ground to restaurants and bars, and the SPA and swimming pool to the public space above. There is a private garden above the public floor, dedicated to residents of the hotel. The hotel rooms are located in two shell-like buildings that provide most of the rooms with beautiful sea views. The building blends the boundaries between the building and the landscape by its organic form and flexible connectivity; it sits on the site like a nudibranch crouching on the peaceful bay. A lot of Eco-friendly technologies have been installed to minimize the environment impact on the site.
In early 2019, ALL Studio was asked by HUATENG Co.,Ltd. to design the exhibition hall of Shiwan town (an ancient town in the south of Wuzhen town) in an agricultural tourism park. In the planning design, the whole park retains the original natural feeling to the greatest extent. When people enter the site from the southwest corner of the park, they can see the plum forest and open grassland surrounded by bamboo fences in the park. Therefore, the design consideration of the exhibition hall building is also defined as a simple and rough temperament in nature from the beginning of the design.
The exhibition hall is located at the west part of the park, adjacent to the main entrance of the park, close to the municipal road in the west, and the landscape and water system in the East of the park, facing to the organic restaurant across the lake. The form of the building is composed of two physical space and one courtyard, from south to north, followed by souvenir shop, courtyard and exhibition space. The subtle connection between the natural landscape of the whole park and the functional space contained in the buildings, at the same time, the vision and feeling of several courtyards has also been concerned from the beginning.
Zhuji, China is one of the ancient capitals of Yue Kingdom and the native place of Xishi. It covers an area of 2,311 square kilometers with a population of 1.0559 million, and has 27 townships, 468 villages, 69 urban communities under its jurisdiction. Located in the south wing of the Yangtze Delta, only 200 km away from Shanghai, 90 km from Hangzhou, and 60 km from Xiaoshan International Airport, Zhuji enjoys an obvious regional advantage. Furthermore, the city is a shining example of industry, trade, community, and environmental protection.
The project is a residential property sales center located in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Before entering the building, visitors need to pass through a front courtyard. The yard depicts an elegant Chinese ink wash painting where cranes rest or flap wings on water surface, and acts as a prelude to the interior of the sales center.
In 2013, Chinese National Geographic hailed Songyang, a county to the southeast of the province of Zhejiang as “the last hidden gem south of the Yangtze River”. Here, more than a hundred ancient villages hide on the far side of mountain roads and undulating cliffs. Perhaps due to the difficult access to the region, it remains close to nature and far away from the bustle of the city.
However, once visitors arrive on-site, time and space are experienced differently; aged trees, ancient temples, old houses, all provide the most unique cultural atmosphere, authenticity sealed away from public view, worthy of being praised as “an example of the ancient Chinese county”.
Developer: Beijing Tong Heng Si Cheng Investment Co. Ltd
Chief designer: Liu Jiakun
Architectural design team: Chen Kan, Yang Ying, Liu Su, He Qiang, Yi Huizhong
Interior design team: Zhang Can, Chen Kan, Li Wenting, Yang Ying, He Qiang, Yi Huizhong, Deng Yu,Tang Jun, Wang Boyu, Liu Wenjing, Wang Zhangping, Yang Yan, Zhou Xiaohui & Guo Yuting
Landscape design team: Chen Kan, Yang Ying, He Qiang, Yi Huizhong & Li Jing
Signage design team: WUYONG ART & DESIGN, Zhang Can, Li Wenting
In the era of globalization where cross-border flow of educational resources has become the norm, Zhejiang University has proposed a strategic concept for the construction of an international campus. The project is located at the Juanhu Lake International Science Park, east of Haining City, Zhejiang Province. To its south is the Juanhu Lake which covers an area of 1,300 mu, and to its north is the Wetland Park. River channels run along the east and west side, forming a natural shield around the site.
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