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Echo of Serenity Private Residence

Echo of Serenity

Echo of Serenity is a private residence interior design in Taipei, Taiwan, covering 198.35 square meters. The entry corridor uses dark stone flooring, dark wood veneer ceilings and matching wall panels to form a grounded threshold. The main living area shifts to light wood veneer ceilings, textured wall coatings and seamless flooring, which increase openness and light diffusion. Fabric and leather furnishings soften the lines. The layout is barrier-free. The interior is intended as a calm retreat from the pace of the city.

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Zhuhai Jiuzhou Poly Tianhe Jinghu Villa

Zhuhai Jiuzhou Poly Tianhe Jinghu

Zhuhai Jiuzhou Tianhe Jinghu is a villa interior design of 645 square meters in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Classic blue is the theme color, combined with plain wood and textured stone for a calm and vibrant atmosphere. The concept refers to the flight studies of Leonardo da Vinci. The living room follows an LDK layout with wide French windows, a metal propeller ceiling fan, a clock with an aircraft pattern and blue aircraft back chairs. Materials include smooth granite, nubuck leather, multi-layer solid wood flooring and ashlar brick.

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I Do Emergent Arts  Retail Space

I Do Emergent Arts

The I Do artist store in Wuhan, China blends uniquely spatial and sculptural elements to create a highly expressive, enticing and inspiring user experience. At the center of the space, and protruding through the facade, a massive 9m steel sculpture rises from the first floor space and emerges on the second floor. Symbolically, the one to one scale elephant and figures represent the wisdom, strength and unity as a projection of the relationships which can be embodied by those visitors to the retail space.

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National Gallery Athens Museum

National Gallery Athens

In the 1960's modern building of the National Gallery in Athens, the exhibition rooms are designed like a promenade in open space. The interior is designed as a sequence of wooden lined transitional areas for information, and of white exhibition rooms with specially designed suspended ceilings for each exhibition function. Controlling the directions of gaze, the depth of view in the rooms and towards the city, the general lighting in relevance with the exterior light, and subduing the materials and the technical details to highlight the works of art, the space gives an affect of free choice.

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Sunac Guangshen Longshan Commercial Town

Sunac Guangshen Longshan

Sunac Guangshen Longshan is a commercial town interior completed in May 2020 in Qingyuan, China. The project combines a sales center with community services, including a vegetable pavilion and canteens. Local materials such as soil, green plants and wood are joined in new combinations. A wooden ceiling runs through the whole project as a unifying design language. Circular arch elements break the long space at its end and give a sense of extension. Walkways set around the display shelves guide movement and support interaction.

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Silk Clubhouse Hospitality

Silk Clubhouse

Silk Clubhouse is a hospitality interior located in the Xizha Scenic Area of Wuzhen, China. The design combines traditional Chinese residential styles with the character of mansions of the 1920s and 1930s, arranged as a South China courtyard cluster across 12100 square meters. Stone, wood, hard wrapped fabric and metal are the main materials. In the lobby, the original wood structure is kept and covered with delicate surface finishes. Red door panels mark corridors, entrances and turning points, while Chinese red and emerald green form the interior color scheme.

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