DESIGN NAME: Experiential Hall in Shanghai
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Lounge
INSPIRATION: The combination of catering, entertainment, and furniture brand is a prospective attempt, unparalleled in Shanghai.
Supported by Fritz Hansen, a Denmark furniture brand with a history of over 140 years, the old house is revitalized. And it combines daily activities of catering and entertainment, restoring spatial vitality in a friendly way.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The second floor is designed into a membership restaurant. The private room features a modern style, fitting with different textures of furniture. The third floor is built into an entertainment club. Open reading space enables customers to read their favorite books serenely, have a rest when tired, and enjoy slow-paced and pleasant life. As tea rooms are decorated in various styles, customers have the choice to spend time, inviting friends or staying alone.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Victorian elements are noticeable from the details. The hardwood floor and carpets with diverse styles incubate varying regional atmosphere. The beauty of decoration and nature is merged, as plants, and saleable art works and furnishings are in common sight. The iron-made embellishments, the retained wealth of the house, are turned into staircase hand-railing after repair. It reveals incredible spectacles under lights, enabling people to put all their worries behind.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in Julyl 2018 and finished in May 2020 in Shanghai, China.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: 1. Utilize the existing staircase, wooden beams and columns to repair some items to stay an old texture.
2. Maintain and reinforce the original structure of old architecture to keep its historical feel.
Materials: OSEKA carpet, DULUX painting
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The area of project is 1270 square meter.
TAGS: Fritz Hanse, Victorian elements, iron-made embellishments, the classic building, entertainment club, tea rooms, membership restaurant
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Fritz Hansen is not only a furniture brand, but also represents a lifestyle defined by daily habits that go deep in people's mind. In this space, diversified experiences brought by food, entertainment and furniture define a new lifestyle, which offers a destination to people who enjoy life, pursue quality and desire to try new things.
CHALLENGE: The design had to restore the wooden structures that had been damaged, and considered their energy saving and thermal insulation and appearance. The designers needed to use reasonably the transitional spaces at different zones.
ADDED DATE: 2020-06-29 08:53:20
TEAM MEMBERS (9) : Dang Ming, Li Dandi, Xie Xu, Ao Qinge, Wang Qing, Yan Zhen, Wang Haichuan, Hu Yifan and Shi Wangqian
IMAGE CREDITS: photo by: Tan Xiao / Studio Ten
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