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Janus بار جي اندروني ڊيزائن by Junlin Zhang

Janus بار جي اندروني ڊيزائن by Junlin Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award چاندي انعام in اندروني جڳه ۽ نمائش ڊيزائن Competition Category.


چانديانٽيرئر· 2024

Janus بار جي اندروني ڊيزائن

by Junlin Zhang

Client: Janus

A' Design Award چاندي انعام Winner in انٽيرئر Category

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The Design

About Janus بار جي اندروني ڊيزائن

جينس هڪ وسڪي ۽ ڪاڪٽيل بار آهي جيڪو چين جي شهر چانگشا ۾ واقع آهي. ان جو اندروني حصو لڳ ڀڳ 200 چورس ميٽرن تي پکڙيل آهي ۽ ٻن منزلن تي ترتيب ڏنل آهي. اڳيون حصو (فساڊ) سادن ڪارن جاميٽري بلاڪن سان ٺهيل آهي جن ۾ ڪلاسيڪل تفصيل شامل آهن، ۽ هڪ ڪينٽيليور پليٽ فارم تي هڪ ڪلاسيڪل مجسمو رکيل آهي. پهرين منزل هڪ معاون جاءِ آهي، جڏهن ته ٻي منزل مکيه هنڌ آهي ۽ ڇت جي کليل حصي ذريعي ڏينهن جي روشني حاصل ڪري ٿي. ڏاڪڻ ۾ ڍريون ڪاٺ جون پٽيون استعمال ٿيل آهن جيڪي پيرن هيٺان نرم آواز ۽ هلڪو اُڇل ڏين ٿيون. عمودي ريشن واري ڪاٺ جي پرت (وينيئر) ۽ آئيني جهڙو چمڪندڙ اسٽينلیس اسٽيل ماحول کي شڪل ڏين ٿا.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award چاندي انعام

Janus بار جي اندروني ڊيزائن A' Design Award چاندي انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، غير معمولي حد تائين معزز اعتراف جيڪو اعليٰ ترين درجي جي، شاندار ۽ متاثر ڪندڙ ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. چاندي جا کٽيندڙ تمام گهڻا روشن ۽ انتهائي تخليقي ڪم آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي شاندار مهارت، صلاحيت ۽ ذڪاوت کي ظاهر ڪن ٿا. Janus بار جي اندروني ڊيزائن کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ شاندار نمائشي ڪم هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ ڳوڙهي جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award چاندي انعام کٽيو آهي، هڪ انتهائي قابل ذڪر، ساراهيل ايجاد آهي جيڪا فائدو ڏئي ٿي ۽ فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي جون حدون وڌائي ٿي. Janus بار جي اندروني ڊيزائن هڪ اهڙي تخليق آهي جنهن تي گهڻا حسد ڪن ٿا، جيڪا خواهشون جاڳائي ٿي، مثبت جذبا آڻي ٿي ۽ حيرت ۽ تعجب جي چڻنگ ٻاري ٿي.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Janus is a whisky and cocktail bar with a social aspect. Our client had two demands: one was that the audience should not interpret this place according to the literal meaning of Janus or their traditional concepts, and the other was that the audience should have more than two different spatial experiences in this place. These different spatial experiences combine as an integral whole rather than to be independent ones.
Dimensions & Packaging
200 meter-square
Tags
bar, whisky, postmodernism, hard and warm feeling, retroism, experimental
Production Technology
What exactly are we talking about when we talk about spatial ambience? Is it sunlight, air, sound, materials, textures, or colours? I began to think about the overall relevance of the façade in relation to the first and second floors. They are at once traditional, strong and thick, even a little archaic and they are at the same time receptive, inclusive, interesting and experimental. I tried to use postmodernism to summarise the atmosphere created inside and outside the building. I decided to create the façade with clean and simple geometric blocks, which is the style of contemporary. But it also has classical features in the details. To this point I felt that these designs were not enough because the conflict had not reached its climax. So I added a cantilever platform to place a classical sculpture. It was at this point that I felt the importance of such design planning came to the fore. The pure black and hard blocks together with the classical sculpture bring the sense of power and make it attractive. Such not complicated aesthetics give audiences more possibilities to imagine.
Design Challenge
I decided to create the façade with clean and simple geometric blocks, which is the style of contemporary. But it also has classical features in the details. To this point I felt that these designs were not enough because the conflict had not reached its climax. So I added a cantilever platform to place a classical sculpture. It was at this point that I felt the importance of such design planning came to the fore. The pure black and hard blocks together with the classical sculpture bring the sense of power and make it attractive. Such not complicated aesthetics give audiences more possibilities to imagine.
Research
I tried to decipher the form of beauty, but I found that I could not describe or categorise it accurately and clearly. It can be specific things such as people, air, light, sound or colour. When we deal with different clients and different conditions of the place, the results are unpredictable. It reminds me of Louis Kahn, who asked the red brick what it wanted to be.
Inspiration
When I first went to the site for mapping, I was very excited and surprised by the light on the second floor, when the sunlight was pouring down from the daylight opening. My first reaction was that the place already has distinctive features that can bring audiences different moods, and experiences in the daytime and night-time. I then began to conceptualise how to create two or more different atmospheres in the space. Creating is the art of making a meaningful whole out of individual components
Project Duration
The project was launched in March 2023 in Changsha, China and completed in June 2023 in Changsha, China
Operation Flow
When I open the door to the first floor, the confrontation between the interior space and the facade appeared which is confrontation in colour, material, the whole and the fragmented. But this does not detract from the formal unity of the exterior and interior. The retroism without losing the independent style declares their relevance. The staircase guides to the upward space, and I deliberately used loose wood as the tread of the staircase. Stepping on it has a rustling sound and can feel the rebound of the wood. This is completely different from the feeling of crossing the first floor with steady steps. The first floor also doesn’t have the light and shadow spilling out from the top. The low linear strip of light on the side of the handrail is a safety cue as well as an orientation. People in such environment begins to become focused and anticipated. The spatial atmosphere of the second floor is basically the same as what I had conceived. Everything is as it is. There is no conflict, no exaggerated arrangement, no criticism and no attempts. I am like a director who arranges the work of each department and position in an orderly manner. Covered wood veneer with vertical grain delivers both hard and warm feeling. Mirrored stainless steel breaks the calm and refract light and images that change with the activities of the people in the space. Sometimes it is cold, sometimes warm, sometimes noisy, sometimes quiet and ambiguous.
Team Members
Lead designer: JunLin Zhang
Extension designer: WenLiang Liu
Rendering designer: JingYu Zhang
Image Credits
Ueya photography(Lei Liu)

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