Vanke Moon Over The Sea Le Mamanu Totonu o le Nofoaga Fa'atau by IAPA Pty. Ltd is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Auro in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.
AuroTotonu· 2020
Vanke Moon Over The Sea Le Mamanu Totonu o le Nofoaga Fa'atau
Client: IAPA Pty. Ltd.
A' Design Award Auro Winner in Totonu Category
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The Design
About Vanke Moon Over The Sea Le Mamanu Totonu o le Nofoaga Fa'atau
O le Vanke Moon Over The Sea o se nofoaga fa'atau o lo'o tu i Guangzhou, Saina. Sa fausia le totonu i totonu o se faletino ta'aloga muamua a se a'oga, ma o le fale tele matala e mafai ai ona saoloto le fuafuaga o le fola. E fa'aaogaina lautele le terrazzo pa'epa'e ma maua ai i le fola se fogāfola sologa lelei e leai se vaeluaga. O se fa'asitepu fa'atagata na faia i le apamemea u'amea le pala ma se laulau talimalo na faia i le u'amea ele, ua fausia ai se fa'atusatusaga malosi ma le terrazzo pa'epa'e. O pusa fa'aopeopea o lo'o i ai potu fa'aali ma se nofoaga o gaoioiga a tamaiti i luga a'e o le avanoa matala. O fa'amalama e feso'ota'i ai le totonu ma fafo.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Auro
O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai Vanke Moon Over The Sea Le Mamanu Totonu o le Nofoaga Fa'atau, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Vanke Moon Over The Sea Le Mamanu Totonu o le Nofoaga Fa'atau e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Vanke Moon Over The Sea Le Mamanu Totonu o le Nofoaga Fa'atau e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The project is based on the notion of continuity. As it begins from the red copper rusted steel plate of the reception desk and runs by the staircase through all spaces giving the space a kind of sculptural feeling. The material characteristics from a purely smooth white terrazzo and the red copper rust steel form a very strong contrast making the space more dramatic and interesting. The floating box as the showroom combined windows connecting the interior to the exterior creates a sense of in between space. While on top of that a space for children's activities is considered.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Terrazzo: 1000mm * 1000mm * 20MM
Rusted steel plate: length and width shall be in accordance with the actual size on site, with a thickness of 3mm - Tags
- Sculptural space, spatial continuity, minimalism, floating box, selling and exhibition center
- Production Technology
- White terrazzo is largely used for the project and brings a very high level of seamlessness for the interior space. The staircase is made out of stainless steel plate giving the space a kind of sculptural feeling and using of these two materials creates a strong contrast in the spatial atmosphere of the project.
- Design Challenge
- The project is transformed from a primary gymnasium school with huge hollow space inside into a selling center. At the same time saving and reusing the original equipment, swimming pool structure and functional spaces. Building five sets of model houses as showrooms inside the whole space was also part of the client's demands which needed a very flexible design approach to the project.
- Research
- The project tries to take the selling center beyond its formal agencies. As a kind of space that is usually dedicated to their economic return can also be designed in a different way. A pure space for imagination with a cultural domain. The design is seeking for development of spatial qualities that takes the user to various depths of interior space within a dynamic spatial organization system.
- Inspiration
- In Chinese poetry, the Words Sea and moon are often used as metaphors. Sea refers to life or infinite power. Moon is the symbol of hope and emotional expressions. Moon over the sea as the name of the project is a metaphor, which describes a spiritual poetic condition in the project. Moon is translated into the floating boxes hanging like floating objects in the space above a seamless and integrated space as a translation of the sea while the sculptural figurative staircase is connecting them.
- Project Duration
- Designed in 2018
Located in Guangzhou, Guandong, China - Operation Flow
- The building was originally a primary gymnasium school reused into a selling center. Having a huge empty space provided this opportunity to embed make part of the program embedded in a floating box. Keep the ground level as a free plan maximizing the dynamism of the interior space. At the same time let the people to experience it freely in a continuous way, enjoy various spatial qualities and visit diverse spaces.
- Patents
- IAPA
- Team Members
- Interior designer: Mingfang Du
Interior designer: Jingshan Zhang
Interior designer: Mengmiao Yu
Design Chief: Paul Bo Peng - Image Credits
- IAPA
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