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Feili Yundi Sales Center

Feili Yundi

Feili Yundi is a sales center located next to Tianjin Lake in Taicang, China. The three-story building stands on sloping land and is planned to serve later as a community activity center. The interior follows a green concept, so the function of the space was changed without any demolition. A long-span structure and a continuous arc blur the relation between the floors and increase the sense of layering. Art paint and colored terrazzo cover the curved surfaces. Abstract elements give the sales center a calm and open character.

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Urban Peony Pavilion Club

Urban Peony Pavilion

Urban Peony Pavilion is a club interior designed for banquets, meetings and receptions. The project covers 980 square meters. The layout uses small space blocks that recall a mountain jungle, arranging circulation and hiding functional areas within the blocks. Inside a structure of reinforced concrete, the design creates an urban idyllic scene. Literati life more than a thousand years ago and oriental opera culture guided the concept. The whole space can serve as a large stage, and hidden doors can be closed to reorganize scenes.

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Greenland Huangpu Center Office Working Space

Greenland Huangpu Center Office

Greenland Huangpu Center Office is an office interior located in Shanghai. The theme of the project is Office Plus, a concept that is people oriented, smart and innovative. The dynamic curve of the Huangpu River is abstracted into the space to strengthen the link between people and place. A low cost parametric design method creates an immersive setting. Thin wood panels are coated with translucent acrylic at the back and hold lighting elements inside, forming large corridor walls. The construction area is 1,980 square meters and the usable interior area is 1,580 square meters.

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Nina and Beni Chair

Nina and Beni

Nina & Beni is a solid wood chair inspired by the forms of wooden boat structures. Two steam-bent strips cantilever over the seat, serving first as legs, then as armrests, and finally shaping to the lumbar area. The chair is made of ash, cherry, oak or walnut from sustainably sourced forests, and is finished with natural oils and waxes. Molds cut on a five axis machine guide the steam bending and the lamination of the wood strips. The seat is removable and interchangeable. The shaping method limits material waste.

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Noble Energy Offices

Noble Energy

Noble Energy Israel is an office interior spread over eight floors and 13,000 square meters in Herzliya, Israel. The design is inspired by a gas platform. Corridor ceilings are painted deep blue to suggest the sea, with galvanized pipes and suspended mesh ceilings below. Work rooms are placed along the perimeter windows in two sizes, a short module and a long module. Each floor is marked by one color applied to the floor, walls and ceiling of its kitchenette and lounge, which aids orientation. Recycled platform parts were reused as planters, wall cladding and counter tops.

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Quadrant Arcade Public Realm

Quadrant Arcade

The Grade II listed arcade has been transformed into an inviting street presence through arranging the right light at the right place. General, ambient illumination is used holistically and its effects staged hierarchically to achieve variations in light patterning that create interest and promote increased use of the space. Strategic incorporation for design and placement of the dynamic feature pendent was managed together with the artist so that visual effects appear more subtle than overwhelming. With daylight fading, the elegant structure is accentuated by the rhythm of electric lighting.

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