DESIGN NAME: Fireplace Valley
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Sales Center
INSPIRATION: Lightfishing is a folk way of fishing at night in Yangshuo. Designers incorporate such lively folkways of fishing beside Lijiang River into the prelude of spatial symphony. Lightfixtures at the reception end also employs local traditional bamboo weavingtechniques of Guilin.Wave-likeceiling fills the space with watery melody and rhythm. Designers activate interaction between space and man by means of various derivatives of water.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The best way to appreciate beauty of Guilin is to take a bamboo raft and gently row in the aesthetic, poetic realm. Against the creamy-white marble background at the entrance to the Sales Center, a half-arc, purple landscape marble emulates form of a small boat in a skillful way as if a fishing boat slowly approaches in the misty spray under a peak. The Negotiation Area features sinking couches where customers can sit around. With an atomized fireplace embedded on ground as the center
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PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Oct .2020 Guilin,Guangxi Province,China
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Followingthis idea, designers activate interaction between space and man by means ofvarious derivatives of water. As an innovation of designers, skylight of thenegotiation area is made of fishing net, forming a large, breathable and lively environment sculpture.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The mezzanine on the second floor is specifically decorated with gradually whitening glass. From afar, it looks like hillside fog throughout the year or Lijiang River surface with pervasive fogand misty vapor in morning rain in Karst landscape. The gradually darkening glass produces a visually aesthetic effect, hides pillarsinside and looks lighter. Meanwhile, it is so considerate by taking into account the visual block and etiquette forwomen who walk high above. In addition, the processes of glass floors help reducethe floor thickness and height.
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RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Locatedin Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Fireplace Valley is surrounded bygreen hills and fields crisscrossed by footpaths with crows and barks everywhere. It’s onceappraised by CCTV as the most beautifulplace to observe the Mid-Autumn moon. It boasts its drinking water and an annualaverage temperature of around 19℃.
CHALLENGE: This is a resort project in the public with specific insight, preference anddistinction. It does not build any fancy, complex scenic spots. Instead, all ofits positioning and spaces focus on “holiday” lifestyles, showing and offeringan unprecedented lifestyle which lead people to an emotional field and wakethem up to cherish friendship.
ADDED DATE: 2020-12-15 02:33:58
TEAM MEMBERS (3) : Zhou Jing, Zhou Weidong and Liu Qian
IMAGE CREDITS: Jing Zhou, 2020.
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