Beijing Club Interioris Sodalicii Aedes Formanda by Isabelle Zhao Peng

Beijing Club Interioris Sodalicii Aedes Formanda by Isabelle Zhao Peng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Designatio Interior Competition Category.

ArgentumInterior· 2020

Beijing Club Interioris Sodalicii Aedes Formanda

by Isabelle Zhao Peng

Client: IK Design

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Beijing Club Interioris Sodalicii Aedes Formanda

Sodalicium Pekinense est privata sodalicii aedes Pekini sita, quadringentos metros quadratos complectens cum atrio medio. Interior pars in aedificio Sinensi traditionali collocatur, et forma vetera novaque simul coexistere sinit. Rationem "Umbrae Rubrae" secuta, structura originalis servata est atque cum elementis recentioribus coniuncta, dum lux colorem rubrum extollit eumque per spatium extendit. Laminae metallicae rimaeque separantes iuncturas inter partes exstantes et noviter aedificatas signant. Atrium omnia cubicula coniungit et mutationem temporum anni intro affert.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Beijing Club Interioris Sodalicii Aedes Formanda victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Beijing Club Interioris Sodalicii Aedes Formanda opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Beijing Club Interioris Sodalicii Aedes Formanda creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This is a Chinese traditional architecture, however, Isabelle hopes not only to revive its former glory or completely refurbish it but let the old and new coexist, let the current moment and the memories coexist. Isabelle is looking for a different perception of the environment, not a piece of wall or a column but the flow inside.
Dimensions & Packaging: 400 sqm including the courtyard
Tags: Beijing Club, Courtyard, IK Design, Red, Modern Chinese, Luxury, Private Club, Customized, Poetic Living
Production Technology: The treatment of the contact surface of the existing architecture and the newly built part is prudent. Metal strips or separating seams were applied to deal with the joint parts.
Materials: lacquer, mosaic, stucco, laminated glass, wooden veneer, wooden floor, brick, stainless steel
Design Challenge: It is challenging to add something new into the courtyard and what is the new atmosphere that could merge the existing and the modern?
It is not about to design a piece of wall or floor, it is about to create the new flow of the space, and how?
The whole process is more focused on the space in between and the void space. Besides, the lighting has been designed to extend the original temperament of the space to the newly built objects.
Research: Isabelle premises: What is design today and how could this guide the daily lives of people towards poetic living? She takes this as her long-term research program. As to this project, the research focuses on what kind of modern objects could be put together into a Chinese traditional architecture, which would achieve the coexistence of the old and the new, the natural and the man-made. The concept of Shade Rouge comes up to deal with the functional requirements and the subtle use of the lighting is to emphasize the red colour and extend it into the whole space.
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from many ways, primely, the poetic living research project by Isabelle, which inspires and encourages people to think poetically according to their daily lives. Secondly, the Chinese traditional architecture, its unique layout and structure could isolate the noise and the hustle from outside. Then, the courtyard in the middle makes this space vital. It is the private garden that people could connect with nature and the universe.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2018 and finished in June 2019 in Beijing.
Operation Flow: The courtyard in the middle interacts with all spaces gently and imperceptibly. Seasonal changes are perceived and influence the people inside and their events.
Patents: Copyrights of the design belong to IK Design, 2019.
Team Members: Karen Kang
Bing Chen
Chunjun Gu
Image Credits: Photographer Zhu Hai