Kangding Garden Kapangidwe ka Mkati mwa Nyumba Yokhalamo by Jian Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Mkati mwa Nyumba ndi Mawonekedwe Competition Category.
SilivaMkati· 2026
Kangding Garden Kapangidwe ka Mkati mwa Nyumba Yokhalamo
by Jian Zhang
Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award Winner in Mkati Category
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About Kangding Garden Kapangidwe ka Mkati mwa Nyumba Yokhalamo
Kangding Garden ndi ntchito yokongoletsa mkati mwa nyumba yokhalamo ku Shanghai yomwe ili ndi kalabu ndi zipinda zowonetsera. Kalabuyo ili ndi malo a masikweya mita 1,800 pansi pa nyumba pa mulingo woyamba ndipo imatumikira anthu opitilira 300 okhala m'nyumbazi. Khoma lonse la mwala wa marble wa Calacatta wochokera ku Italy lazunguliridwa ndi chipata chachitali chopindika pakhomo lolowera. Chimango cha marble chazungulira mawonedwe a mtengo wa Chinese tallow m'bwalo lotsika. Zitseko zamatabwa zazitali mamita atatu zimatsogolera ku malo ochezera akumwera tiyi ndi chipinda chodyera chapadera. Mwala wonyezimira wa beige, matabwa akuda ndi mawonekedwe opindika obwerezabwereza zimakumbutsa mmene mzinda wakale wa Shanghai unkaonekera.
The Recognition
About the Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award
Kangding Garden Kapangidwe ka Mkati mwa Nyumba Yokhalamo ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka modabwitsa komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe a pamwamba, okongola ndi ochititsa chidwi. Opambana a Siliva ndi ntchito zowala kwambiri ndi zolenga kwambiri zomwe zimaonetsa ukatswiri, luso ndi nzeru zakuthwa za opanga awo. Kangding Garden Kapangidwe ka Mkati mwa Nyumba Yokhalamo akuyembekezeka kukhala ntchito yodabwitsa yoonetsedwa, yaukatswiri wapadera ndi yatsopano kwambiri. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Siliva ya A' Design Award awa ndi chopangidwa chodziwika kwambiri ndi choyamikiridwa chomwe chimapindulitsa ndi kukulitsa malire a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo. Kangding Garden Kapangidwe ka Mkati mwa Nyumba Yokhalamo ndi cholengedwa chomwe anthu ambiri amachichitira nsanje, chomwe chimadzutsa zilakolako, kubweretsa maganizo abwino ndi kuyatsa kudabwa ndi chidwi.
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.
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