DESIGN NAME: Hi Running
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Retail, Community-arcade
INSPIRATION: Inspired by traditional Chinese thought of rooting a Banyan tree in the neighborhood to shade a village and for people to gather under the tree to do story-telling and social gathering. A mimic giant tree in the atrium of the arcade is presented as focal point. Visitors spend time in a parametic atrium under sky light shaded by the tree, the branches also lead people’s focus up to the skylight and back to the atrium where they could rest and meet friends.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Hi Running is a community-shopping arcade for a small town, to accommodate local shops that sells daily needs products. The mall is centered with a skylight atrium, an mimic giant tree done by interior finished roof from entrance lobby grow along circulation edge to the sky light roof. The "leaves" act as shading device, once visitor entre the centre, they would spend time in a parametic atrium under sky light and shaded by the giant tree.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: -
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: 2015-2016 design period, Nov 2017 opening
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: -
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The edge if skylight was assembled by “small cut” of triangles and glass to complete the curve perimeter.
TAGS: community shopping
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Spray were used to age-dify metal panel, a few spray and spraying method were testes to achieve the outcome.
CHALLENGE: Due to situation of conventional extravagant shopping malls, to out stand, the design target to present coziness and ordinary interior space for this "community-arcade". The design use stained steel panel (stain are randomly spray on darker panel) to resemble aged elements seen everywhere in old village, visitor would not feel too out of space when they enter this new arcade, with the use of some warm color panels that contrast with the dark to create layers to increase coziness. Programme-wise, the reception is layout with a large low table like a table you would found in sitting room at home, receptionist would serve tea and welcome guests. Shopping experience would be casual and cozy, in a less confined and less decorative space.
ADDED DATE: 2018-02-27 09:04:15
TEAM MEMBERS (5) : Frankie Lui, CC Law, Justin Law, He Zhen Feng and Kang Wei
IMAGE CREDITS: Atelier Global Ltd., 2017.
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