DESIGN NAME: From Winter to Spring Clubhouse
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Clubhouse
INSPIRATION: Inspired by the building's temperament and surroundings, the designer adopts super large glass windows to bring in the outdoor landscape just like the traditional Chinese paintings.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: In the design process, the building is regarded as a poetic imagination, and the project conveys a philosophy of confronting loneliness in stride. Strict business tone is deliberate-ly avoided in order to create a welcoming atmosphere where guest can feel at home.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The temperament and charm of a space has been hidden in the nature of site from the moment the place was selected. There is no answer to the question who came first: environment or building. The greening of the west and north sides of the building is very good, but there is no window on both sides, objectively forming the alienation of the building from the existing environment. Therefore, the first step of design is window cutting.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The clubhouse is designed in 2017 and finished in 2018 in Nanjing, China.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Despite the difficulty of design and construction, an especially large-size insulating glass is adopted boldly here. The main materials include oak veneer, oak floor and copper.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The 13 pieces of glass form 13 giant paintings, bringing the outside scenery in front of people like scroll paintings. The different light and shadow effects in different time actually make the number of dynamic pictures far more than 13. The changing seasonal scenery is integrated with the living indoors.
TAGS: Clubhouse, Minimalism, Business, Interior Design, Welcoming
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Living in an era of great changes today, people experienced life from poverty to affluence, but the subjective well-being has not been promoted correspondingly. On the contrary, modern people become more restless and uneasy, which is due to the lack of calmness in the heart; and this calmness can be gained only after hustle and bustle fades away. Only when the material is reduced to the essence can it lead to its spiritual level, which is the goal of this project.
CHALLENGE: Minimalism is easy to be cold; in order to avoid this problem, great attention has paid to the color and texture of material. On one hand, wood veneer and floor adopt very light color, making the overall space atmosphere comfortable. On the other hand, a nonopaque paper is applied to make the light appear soft and warm, thus becoming very welcoming. All comes from a conversation with the owner, who hopes this space is just like a human, which has neither weakness nor armor, being elegant and calm.
ADDED DATE: 2019-01-09 03:09:40
TEAM MEMBERS (5) : Lead Architects: Tianwen Sun, Designer: Xindi Cao, Designer: Dong Liu, Designer: Dejie Zhang and Designer: Youfei Wang
IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Photographer William Marcus, Nanjing, Jing Zhang.
Image #2: Photographer William Marcus, Nanjing, Jing Zhang.
Image #3: Photographer William Marcus, Nanjing, Jing Zhang.
Image #4: Photographer William Marcus, Nanjing, Jing Zhang.
Image #5: Photographer William Marcus, Nanjing, Jing Zhang.
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