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Wuhan Optics Valley DaJa Center Sales Interior Design

Wuhan Optics Valley DaJa Center Sales

Valley Dajia Center Sales is a sales center interior in Wuhan, China, covering 1622.7 square meters. The design is inspired by light rays and combines simple geometric shapes with fine lines. The first floor presents the main living space, together with a party bar and lounge areas. The second floor holds a sandbox area, a negotiation area, a water bar, an exhibition area and an office area. Materials include alloy plate with a special finish, dark wood, dark terrazzo, brushed metal, and gray and light microcement. The interior brings business, culture and art together.

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Waterway School Library

Waterway

Waterway is a school library interior of 3900 square feet designed for a school in Hong Kong. The layout follows a diagonal axis that replaces the former linear plan. The borrowing desk and the new book display face the entrance, which supports contact between librarians and students. The bookshelf extends into a staircase where students can sit and read, and the same staircase seats up to 30 people as a teaching area when the projector screen is lowered. Sea blue, cement gray and wood tones recall the nearby sea and landscape.

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Tr88House Recreational Center

Tr88House

The designer of Tr88 House, a recreational complex that includes a food court, a kids' play area, a trampoline, laser tag, mini golf, a kids' club, and a rooftop bar, was inspired by his own childhood nightmares. The primary objective of this proposal is to provide separate areas and methods for people of all ages to communicate with one another between the spaces, taking into account the location of this complex in Dubai and its use. The other goal is to create a visually green environment without employing actual plants.

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Harbin Imperial Lake Sales Center

Harbin Imperial Lake

Harbin Imperial Lake is the interior design of a sales center covering 1100 square meters. The layout follows the crescent moon shape of the building, and the reception desk and the water bar are joined into one long curve. A warm wood wall with scale patterns recalls fish leaping on a lake. Large windows open the rooms to the surrounding landscape. Natural wood veneer, cane, water-based art coating, stone, metal and glass mirror form a simple material palette. The interior is intended to offer visitors a calm and natural atmosphere.

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Guiyang Private Residence

Guiyang

Guiyang is a private residence set in a lakeside villa in Guiyang, China. The four-floor home has 800 square meters of interior space and a 500-square-meter outdoor garden. The Chinese kitchen and the dining room are placed in the underground level. Two separate circulation routes are provided, one for housework and one for living and reception. A staircase with a brass grille links the underground level to the upper floors. The double-height living room uses carved lines and soft tones. The suspended television wall and the fireplace form one unit that also acts as a partition.

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Jiupai Huafu Sales Office

Jiupai Huafu

Jiupai Huafu is a sales office in the center of Jiujiang, China, covering 650 square meters. The design draws on traditional Chinese culture, including courtyards, landscape, pine and cypress, poetry and tea, reinterpreted for a contemporary space. The order and symmetry of traditional buildings are applied to a simple modern interior. The plan is divided into a landscape exhibition area, a negotiation area, a tea tasting area, a children's area, a VIP room and a model room. Emulsion paint, stone, metal, acrylic and lacquer painting are used.

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