Kangding Garden Famolavolana Atitrano ho an'ny Trano Fonenana by Jian Zhang

Kangding Garden Famolavolana Atitrano ho an'ny Trano Fonenana by Jian Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Volafotsy in Famolavolana Habaka Anatiny ary Fampisehoana Competition Category.

VolafotsyAnatiny· 2026

Kangding Garden Famolavolana Atitrano ho an'ny Trano Fonenana

by Jian Zhang

A' Design Award Volafotsy Winner in Anatiny Category

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The Design

About Kangding Garden Famolavolana Atitrano ho an'ny Trano Fonenana

Kangding Garden dia tetikasa famolavolana atitrano ho an'ny trano fonenana any Shanghai izay ahitana klioba sy trano fampisehoana. Ny klioba dia mameno 1.800 metatra toradroa eo amin'ny rihana ambanin'ny tany voalohany ary manompo mponina maherin'ny 300. Rindrina iray manontolo vita amin'ny vato marbra Calacatta italianina no voafaritry ny andohalambo avo eo amin'ny fidirana. Sisin-drindrina marbra iray no manodidina ny fahitana hazo tallow sinoa eo amin'ny tokotany milentika. Varavarana hazo telo metatra ny hahavony no mitondra mankany amin'ny efitrano fisotroana dite sy efitrano fisakafoanana manokana. Ny vato loko beige, ny hazo maizina ary ny endrika miolikolika miverimberina dia mampahatsiahy ny toetran'i Shanghai taloha.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Volafotsy

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ny famolavolana Kangding Garden Famolavolana Atitrano ho an'ny Trano Fonenana, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana ambaratonga ambony, tsara tarehy ary mahavariana. Ny mpandresy Volafotsy dia asa mamirapiratra dia mamirapiratra ary mamorona dia mamorona izay maneho ny fahaizana, ny talenta ary ny fahamaotinan-tsain'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho asa mahagaga, ohatra tsara, mahay amin'ny asa ary vaovao amin'ny halalin-tsaina ny famolavolana Kangding Garden Famolavolana Atitrano ho an'ny Trano Fonenana. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ity dia fikarohana miavaka be ary ankafizina izay mahasoa ary mampandroso ny sisintanin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia. Ny famolavolana Kangding Garden Famolavolana Atitrano ho an'ny Trano Fonenana dia famoronana mahazo fitaka be izay mamaly ny faniriana, mitondra fihetseham-po tsara ary mamelona fahagagana sy fahatalanjonana.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project is not simply residential innovation, but a contemporary renaissance of retro aesthetics by transforming living spaces into three-dimensional indexes of cultural memory and redefining elegance for a new era. Led by DIA's Shanghai and Shenzhen design directors, Jian Zhang shaped the club and public spaces, while Feng Xue designed the show flats. Their work decodes Jing’an’s historic DNA through spatial storytelling, material dialogue, and color philosophy.
Dimensions & Packaging: Through three-metre-high timber doors lie a tea lounge and private dining suite available by reservation. These spaces are at once functional and emblematic of status. Here, the Shanghainese concept of fastidious refinement reaches its purest form: restrained luxury, quiet boldness, perfection distilled into the smallest detail.
Tags: interior design, show flat, residence, club, DIA
Production Technology: Descending to the 1,800-square-metre club on B1, guests encounter an entire wall of Italian Calacatta marble, framed by a soaring arch, which is solemn yet opulent. Beyond it, a marble picture frame captures the rare Chinese tallow tree in the sunken courtyard, turning nature into a living oil painting. It is an ever-changing focal point and the project’s most memorable anchor.
Design Challenge: Ceiling and floor are clad in a bold pairing of black and dark gray. The interwoven grids patterns strike a dramatic contrast with the pale walls and soft furnishings. This chiaroscuro evokes the syncopated rhythms of the Paramount Ballroom, as if stepping into the monochrome frames of a vintage Shanghai film.
Research: Kangding Garden’s living philosophy finds its fullest expression in the daily rituals of its show flats. Unlike a merely personal notion of being particular, it is a meticulous, research-driven process rooted in empathy, highlighting precision that translates into palpable quality and quiet confidence.
Inspiration: The essence of Jing'an District, Shanghai lies in its meticulous attention to detail. Named after the millennium-old temple, the district has long cultivated a philosophy of refinement. The club at Kangding Garden extends this tradition in this spiritual lounge for over 300 residents. Inspired by the Paramount Ballroom, the club resembles a series of cinematic stage sets, each space laced with metaphors for those who notice.
Project Duration: On Shanghai’s luxury real estate map of 2025, Kangding Garden emerges as a defining landmark. Positioned at the crossroads of Wuning Road South and Kangding Road, this heritage-inspired development sits less than one kilometer from Jing’an Temple, making it immersed in the global glamour of Nanjing West Road, yet embraced by the quiet poetry of century-old plane trees.
Operation Flow: The club entrance flows into the Writer’s Study, forming an extended ground-floor lounge. Two nearly five-meter-high square volumes are wrapped in beige stone and dark timber. A stone arch portal instantly evokes the memory of old Shanghai, yet its curves and junctions have been subtly deconstructed and reassembled through a modernist lens. This signature curve recurs in the reception desk and even the lamps, unifying the design language throughout.