Zanadu Travel Experience Space Experience Space by Xuan Chen |
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| DESIGN NAME: Zanadu Travel Experience Space PRIMARY FUNCTION: Experience Space INSPIRATION: The big idea was "The travel agency of the future". In the West, brick-and-mortar travel agencies are everywhere and reflect the old way of booking a vacation. In China on the other hand, most travel is being booked online, and offline agencies were never really popular. We wanted ZANADU's first brand space to reflect how travel will be booked and experiences in the near future. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The design language is very much tech-driven. The space feels like an exploded pixel landscape. Digital clouds hang from the ceiling. Digital cubes are scattered in islands across the space. The pixels represent the digital origin of the travel brand, translated into a physical environment. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: ZANADU is a 4 years old e-commerce startup-company in the premium travel space in China. They provide a suite of travel products to affluent Chinese travelers. Signature journeys, international luxury vacations, high-end cruises, domestic short vacations, private villas and a large selection of the world’s best boutique and luxury hotels. Since the Chinese travel market is comparatively young, many consumers are not clear about the aspects of luxury vacations. What are boutique hotels? What to expect on an exclusive luxury journey? How are high-end cruises different from the usual cruises? etc. To answer these questions for their prospective customers, ZANADU has used a variety of media. They operate a very successful WeChat channel, they publish a quarterly magazine, they shoot video content, and in 2015 they started to shoot 360° virtual reality videos. These so called VR videos make it possible to experience destinations and hotels before customers make a booking. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The ZANADU Space in the Shanghai Village had a soft opening in May 2016 and an official opening event on August 3rd 2016. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Two 10-meter-wide projection screens and a surround sound system made for dramatic audio-visual effects. Every 15 minutes a 2-minute-long cinematic brand film plays out across the 20m width of the screen. Everything in the store is linked via WeChat and QR codes to ZANADU’s customer relationship management system. Every visitor will scan a QR code to receive a VR experience or link to specific products. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Five gigantic digitally stylized balloons are the center-piece of the space, inviting visitors to take a seat beneath them and start a virtual journey. 20 interactive destination cubes were fitted with touchscreen monitors, displaying interactive stories about journeys, products and destinations. TAGS: retail, interior design, travel experience space, display, VR RESEARCH ABSTRACT: ZANADU has held many road shows and offline events where they provide these VR experiences to prospective customers. Because of the success with this technology, they decided to create a permanent space where customers can experience their travel products in innovative ways, including VR technology. CHALLENGE: Value Retail, the world’s largest operator of luxury outlets, offered ZANADU a 600sqm space at the newly opened Shanghai Village in Shanghai Pudong, right next to Disney. Shishang Architecture was hired to design the space considering several aspects and stakeholders - The space should reflect the ZANADU brand. This is a very young brand, and this space is the first offline location for the brand. Lots of consideration was put into how to portrait this online brand in an offline environment. - The space should feature the VR technology and VR experience as a center piece and attraction for walk-in customers. - There should be more functionality to showcase popular destinations and travel products in an interactive way using touchscreen terminals. - VR experiences can be very individual and quiet, since the users wear a VR glass. The challenge was to make the place exciting and immersive at the same time. ADDED DATE: 2017-03-16 01:59:58 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Xuan Chen IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Photographer Sicong Sui, Shanghai, 2016. Image #2: Photographer Sicong Sui, Shanghai, 2016. Image #3: Photographer Sicong Sui, Shanghai, 2016. Image #4: Photographer Sicong Sui, Shanghai, 2016. Image #5: Photographer Sicong Sui, Shanghai, 2016. |
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NAME: Shishang Architecture PROFILE: Founded in 2004 by Xuan Chen, Shishang is a boutique Architecture and Design studio located in Beijing, China. Chen Xuan is the executive director and chief designer of Shishang Architecture. Under her leadership, Shishang has completed many high-profile residential, commercial and cultural projects which are regularly featured in leading print and online publications. |
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Zanadu Travel Experience Space Experience Space by Xuan Chen is Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category, 2016 - 2017.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Xuan Chen. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Xuan Chen. |
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