DESIGN NAME: Shijiazhuang CBD
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Planning Center
INSPIRATION: Shijiazhuang has been an important transportation hub since ancient times. Over the past 100 years, it has developed from a train station into a key city in Northern China and the capital of Hebei Province.The designers extracted the city's 100-year history and applied artistic approaches to decorate the space, hoping to evoke interaction between visitors and the city while injecting new vitality into local culture.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Taking "past-present-future" as the storyline, the exhibition center is a window that showcases the future planning of the city. The design emphasizes experience and interaction. It combines art, technology and light to create a space that harmonizes with the city and people whilst showing fusion of the new and old.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The Shijiazhuang CBD Planning Exhibition Center is situated at the northeast side of the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Gongli Street, adjacent to the century-old Zhengtai Restaurant. As the gateway and an iconic building in the CBD, the exhibition center is a multifunctional space that serves for a variety of activities such as cultural exhibition, working, meeting, leisure and investment-related services.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Completion time: June 30, 2020
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Dominated by beige tone, the hall is expansive and bright. The steps echo the slanting grid ceiling, and lead to a time journey.
The human figure sculptures that look ahead as well as blue balloon art installations at staggering heights imply that the CBD will take the city all the way up to embrace great changes and development.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Area: 2,000 sqm
Type: Exhibition center
TAGS: Shijiazhuang, Exhibition, Arts and Humanities,Beijing De Fang Yuan, sales center
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: It is not just simple creation. By going back to the historical story of the location of the project, the design presents the new and the old in the exhibition center after investigation, analysis, integration and innovation. As the gateway and an iconic building in the CBD, the exhibition center is a multifunctional space that serves for a variety of activities such as cultural exhibition, working, meeting, leisure and investment-related services.
CHALLENGE: How to perfectly integrate the design and the historical background without destroying it is the biggest challenge for the design team.
ADDED DATE: 2021-02-25 08:05:06
TEAM MEMBERS (4) : Design director: Cui Ying, Design team: Jiang Jingfang, Si Haojun, Gao Qian, Kong Yonggang, Client: Shijiazhuang Company of Sunac Beijing Regional Group and Design management team: Wei Dongchang, Chen Fujun, Li Meng, Hua Lin, Bai Lan, Wang Tingyu
IMAGE CREDITS: Qiwen Photography
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