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Yunzhou Hall Banquet Center

Yunzhou Hall

Yunzhou Banquet Hall is a banquet center located in Wuzhen, China. The interior design combines local traditional culture with contemporary elements, creating a setting for banquets and conferences. Features of the riverside town appear inside, including blue batik cloth, small boats, waterside pavilions and flower-drum opera. A caisson ceiling in the traditional Chinese manner is joined with multilevel spaces and crystal lamps. Main materials are Italian grey stone, blue lacquered wood veneer, wood grain aluminum plate and bronze stainless steel. The hall covers 43485 square meters.

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Mastech Dongguan Office

Mastech Dongguan

To consider high density of users, multiple business relations, and unknown meeting typologies, this workplace aims to be open-plan and non-standard paradigm, to support any type of group talks. At the 1st floor, the reception area is compartmentalized by flooring plans. Each area faces to different orientation, bringing a little contrast, but maintaining more privacy during business talks. On 4th floor, considerable office desks are installed in the core area, surrounded by a loop of artificial turf running track, connecting every division and uniting working forces among peers.

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Shenzhen Longyuan School

Shenzhen Longyuan

Longyuan is a nine year school designed for 3,360 students in 72 classes, mainly serving nearby residents. The campus has an L shaped layout on a narrow site with a plot ratio of 1.24. Primary and middle school teaching buildings have separate entrances and are linked by steps, ramps, lanes, corridors and courtyards. Specialized classrooms are placed between the two levels for shared use. A social corridor divides the teaching and sports areas and holds five colored volumes for group activities. Wood, aluminum sheet and fabric are used indoors, with planting added for a green atmosphere.

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Yorkshire Villa Residential House

Yorkshire Villa

Yorkshire Villa is a residential interior design for a four-story duplex lakefront villa in Chongqing. The mountainous terrain places the entrance on the second floor, which links to the third floor and serves as a shared living space for the family. The ground floor opens to an outdoor garden, and the basement level holds a room for entertainment. Walls between two adjoining villas were removed to connect the interiors. A skylight and a tall open void bring daylight into the bright reception room. Natural materials add texture and a sense of comfort.

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Realm of Transition Office

Realm of Transition

Realm of Transition is an office interior design of 275 square meters completed in Taipei City, Taiwan. The interior is based on a medieval nautical theme inspired by the explorer Magellan. Nautical motifs include hemp rope, arched beams, round rods, canvas, ship side boards and oak barrels. The chairman office features a cabin handle and medieval nautical charts. Recycled timber pallets and disused oak barrels were used to support sustainable design, and high-technology printing replaces some actual timber materials.

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Elizabeth's Tree House Dining Hall

Elizabeth's Tree House

A demonstration of architecture’s role in the healing process, Elizabeth’s Tree House is a new dining pavilion for therapeutic camp in Kildare. Serving children recovering from serious illnesses the space forms a timber oasis in the middle of an oak forest. A dynamic yet functional timber diagrid system includes an expressive roof, extensive glazing, and a colorful larch cladding, creating an interior dining space that forms a dialogue with the surrounding lake and forest. Deep connection with nature at all levels promotes user comfort, relaxation, healing, and enchantment.

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