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Lafonce Maxone Whare Hiato Ahurea me te Arumoni by Hansheng Cheng

Lafonce Maxone Whare Hiato Ahurea me te Arumoni by Hansheng Cheng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.


KouraRoto Whare· 2020

Lafonce Maxone Whare Hiato Ahurea me te Arumoni

by Hansheng Cheng

Client: Gonverge Interior Design

A' Design Award Koura Winner in Roto Whare Category

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The Design

About Lafonce Maxone Whare Hiato Ahurea me te Arumoni

He whare hiato ahurea me te arumoni a Lafonce Maxone kei Xi'an, Haina. Ka whakakotahi te hoahoanga o roto i tētahi whare hokohoko, tētahi toa pukapuka me ētahi atu momo pakihi ki raro i te kaupapa kotahi o te pukapuka. E rua ngā pakitara pukapuka toi, 18 mita te teitei, 240 mita te roa i te katoa, e pupuri ana i ngā rau mano pukapuka, ā, i hangaia ki ngā anga rino me te karaihe pūataata. Mā te karaihe e tuku ai te mārama kia horapa ki te wāhi tuwhera o te whare. E toru tau te anga taketake e noho kau ana, ā, i puritia tōna rahi tuwhera hei whakaputa i te rongo kaha o te mokowā.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Koura

Ko Lafonce Maxone Whare Hiato Ahurea me te Arumoni te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Lafonce Maxone Whare Hiato Ahurea me te Arumoni he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a Lafonce Maxone Whare Hiato Ahurea me te Arumoni i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The project is a bookstore-themed commercial complex, which offers lifestyle aesthetic experience with multiple business forms via a "culture and commerce" design strategy. The 18m-high and 240m-long artistic book walls in it are striking and pioneering, bringing a brand-new image of urban commercial space to Xi'an and even China.
Dimensions & Packaging
Area: 36,000 sqm
Category: Cultural and Commercial Complex
Tags
cultural and commercial complex, shopping mall, bookstore, Gonverge Interior Design, xi'an
Production Technology
1. The original building was a roughcast architecture had been idle for 3 years. The designers kept the advantage of the original void area, with a view to producing a strong experiential sense of space.
2. With hundreds of thousands of books placed in, the two large walls are constructed with steel structures and transparent glass, which enables people to see through and also allows the light randomly diffuse to the void area to interact with the spatial entities in various forms.
Design Challenge
The project's location doesn't enjoy large human flow volume and prosperous commerce. How to make LAFONCE MAXONE outshine other big shopping malls in Xi'an is a tough problem that needs to be solved.
Research
LAFONCE MAXONE is a trendy cultural and commercial complex, integrating shopping mall, bookstore and other functions. It can not only attract the human flow, but also promote local economic development and improve business operations of shopping centers.
Inspiration
The project is situated at an industrial area in the northern suburbs of Xi'an, which doesn't enjoy large human flow volume and prosperous commerce. According to the chief designer, it's imperative to depend on culture to go beyond geographical restrictions and gather people, because culture itself does not have geographical distance and can attract the participation of all people, thus maximizing the flow of customers. Based on such idea, the theme of "book" runs through the entire space.
Project Duration
Started from: December 2016
Completion time: December 2018
Operation Flow
Through a "culture and commerce" design strategy and by taking cues from the cultural context of Xi'an, Designer created a bookstore-themed commercial and cultural complex, which leads lifestyle aesthetic experiences with multiple business forms and has successfully attracted customers in spite of the remote site. Striking and pioneering artistic book walls, which are 18m high and 240m long in total, bring a brand-new image of urban commercial space to Xi'an and even China.
Team Members
Spatial Design and Commercial Planning Director: Han-Sheng Cheng
Designers: Hsin-Hsuan Lu
Image Credits
Photographer: Weiqi Jin

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