Gold Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2023
Poly City Gather Sales Center
by Melody Lau
- A' Design Award 2023 Gold Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: James Liang & Associates Limited
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 34,255
- Verification code 4D3C8A59F0 · Verify this award
About Poly City Gather Sales Center
Poly City Gather is a sales center in Shijiazhuang, China, covering 1,250 square meters. The interior opens with an atrium 12 meters high and 9 meters wide, crowned by a dome. White surfaces, regular lines of indentations and layered hollow details recall an image of layered mountains. A midair corridor links the areas and offers open views. Symmetrical marble panels frame the entrance hall. Transparent glass partitions, a curved array of chandeliers and controlled light replace heavy ornament. A red tone brings warmth to the VIP room.
Situated within contemporary explorations of experiential commercial architecture, Melody Lau's Poly City Gather Sales Center demonstrates how retail environments can transcend purely transactional functions to become spaces of genuine aesthetic contemplation and emotional resonance, the design drawing upon a rich synthesis of influences from the meditative qualities of sacred architectural traditions to the mathematical precision of parametric contemporary practice, the central sculptural element with its graceful hourglass profile suggests both classical proportion systems and organic natural forms such as seed pods or opening blossoms while its bronze materiality introduces warmth and tactile presence into an otherwise predominantly white environment, the surrounding wall treatment presents remarkable technical achievement through what appears to be a custom pleating or ribbing system that transforms flat surfaces into dynamic three-dimensional fields capturing and releasing light in continuous rhythmic variation, this approach to surface articulation recalls both the delicate art of paper folding practiced across East Asian cultures and the computational surface explorations characteristic of contemporary digital fabrication methodologies, the chromatic restraint limiting the palette essentially to warm whites and metallic bronze demonstrates sophisticated understanding of how material and light can substitute for chromatic variety while achieving equally rich visual experiences, the zenithal lighting strategy positioning an oculus directly above the sculptural centerpiece establishes an unmistakable dialogue with sacred architectural precedents from ancient pantheons to meditation halls where light from above traditionally symbolizes divine presence or enlightenment, visitors encountering this space might consider how commercial architecture at its most accomplished can offer moments of genuine beauty and contemplation transforming necessary transactions into memorable spatial experiences that elevate everyday activities through thoughtful design.
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- Unique Properties
- In the 12m high, 9m open atrium, the dome gives people a sensation of limitless fantasy where everything becomes empty and is silently observed. While one wanders here, his eyes will unconsciously follow the bright side of light and the dark side of shadow, and when skimming over the pure white texture, regular lines of indentations, and cascading hollow details, a poetic image of layered mountains will arise in mind, taking people into a fully artistic realm of freedom.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Project Area: 1250 square meters
- Tags
- Melody Lau, Artistic Aesthetics, Creativity, Vitality
- Production Technology
- As a joint area, the midair corridor is unique in its natural beauty, enabling visitors to feel the emotion of nature and art while breathing freely. With a height of 12 meters and a stunning symmetrical pattern, the elegant marble encloses a moving scene in solemn vestibule. Besides, the designer weakens the contour of the walls, adds the partitions of transparent glass and the curved array of chandeliers, and uses light as a medium, to convey the artistic aesthetics of spatial texture.
- Design Challenge
- The concept of art, humanities, and health runs throughout the entire project, which has resulted in the final realization of the value resonance and spiritual harmony between the space design and the product itself, as well as the expression of the limitless implications of symbiosis between nature, art, architecture, and space.
- Project Duration
- The project is located in Shijiazhuang, China and finished in August 2022.
- Operation Flow
- The ceiling vein is designed as a landscape cycle, accompanied by light and ripples. With red tone as the emotional touch point in VIP room, the details of the sidewall texture, metal fireplace and ceiling pleats are linked together, and the warmth is quietly integrated, finally giving people a subtle intuition of painting in painting. The gauze curtain appears to be painted with deep ink drawings as light and shadow filter through the trees, providing moments of admiration and meditation.
- Research
- Poly City Gather, a 1,250 square meter building with a location in Shijiazhuang, China, is one of the top high end City series properties of Poly Group, centered on the CBD and with an effective road network. The symbiosis of culture and art opens the double cover of healthy living and artistic taste of the city.
- Inspiration
- Instead of using intricate adornment, the designer chooses to reverse function and deconstruct form. By extracting simple shapes and bright elements from the complexity of all nature, creativity is tied to the spatial scenes to radiate constant vitality in the harmony of functional layout, aesthetics, and sensory pleasure.
- Image Credits
- Photographer One Thousand Degrees Vision
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