DESIGN NAME: 1089 Art Beauty Center
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Art and Beauty Mall
INSPIRATION: Feather is one of the ideas came from. to create a light-feeling façade, and moving when wind blows, reflect lights from daylight and surroundings.
White colour is the basic colour represents pure and clean, hope to bring out the implicitly of beauty. Matching with gold and pink, to represents different age of a woman.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: To modify the facade by over 5250 pieces white metal panel, enlarge the entrance to 5 storeys height, all in white colour represents pure and clean. Over 30 workers hand-installed every panels in 40 days
It is the first flagship store in China. Client is from Korea, intended to create a fashion and beauty mall in Chongqing. Curved lines, white, gold, and pink is the main design theme, throughout all over the mall.
Up to 5 storey is existing building in which not allowed to modify.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Over 20 times mocks up had made, to modify the fixing details, try to minimize the screw and fixing points. To fulfill the air-circulation and meet the fire regulation is a big challenge.
Another big challenge is to get approval from the local Government. As the new facade is so unique and seldom being used as Chongqing, to convince the Government 1089 will be a new landmark, a clean and simple facade with aesthetics, a modern and fashion mall that never ever opened in Chongqing, the mock up studies being an important part to convince the Governor.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: May 2017 in Chongqing China and finished in Dec 2018.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Metal panel with minimal screws. All panels are mounted at different angles, slightly different sizes. Existing structures being kept but added new balcony to fulfill fire regulation requirement.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: A metal frame structure at the back to support the new facade. In order not to destroy the existing structure, Using light materials such as aluminum panel. Cleaning and maintenence is an issue therefore a semi gloss spray paint finish is using for easier to clean by water gun
TAGS: Art and beauty
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: As the building is an old building, a light, simple and easy to clean facade is necessary. 1089 is an Art and Beauty mall, the new facade have to be artistic and beautiful. Under this consideration, feather is one of the form which provides light feeling, moving when wind blows. Therefore, using feather look metal panel becomes the main design intention.
CHALLENGE: As every panels are in different angles, the whole building have been wrapped 1000mm by aluminum panels, as well as not to damage the existing structure is the hardest part.
ADDED DATE: 2019-01-17 09:13:28
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Pan Mok, Ye Hai
IMAGE CREDITS: Pan Mok
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