Gold Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2025
Horizon Haven Private Club
by Kris Lin
- A' Design Award 2025 Gold Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2025
- CLIENT: YanGo Group Co., Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 79,073
- Verification code 9E06DF1C6A · Verify this award
About Horizon Haven Private Club
This private clubhouse provides a contemporary lifestyle for a select community, integrating dining, wine tasting, tea ceremonies, and social gatherings with scenic river views. Making the most of its location along the Yong River, the design incorporates expansive minimalist windows that connect indoor and outdoor spaces, creating an immersive natural experience. An open layout and flowing geometric lines enhance flexibility and encourage a welcoming social atmosphere.
Horizon Haven Private Club by Kris Lin represents a distinguished contribution to contemporary hospitality architecture, drawing upon the grand traditions of ceremonial entrance design while articulating a distinctly modern sensibility through its material palette and spatial choreography. The work demonstrates sophisticated understanding of threshold psychology, employing the compressed corridor format to create anticipatory tension that builds toward the climactic reveal promised by the ornate central portal. Technical accomplishment manifests throughout: the ceiling element achieves remarkable presence through its softened geometry and luminous membrane surface, appearing to hover within its metallic frame while suffusing the space with warm atmospheric light that transforms the passage into something approaching the sacred. The designer's chromatic restraint proves particularly effective, allowing the interplay between the warm amber ceiling glow, the cool metallic accents, and the deep textured wall panels to create visual richness without cacophony. The concentric radial pattern adorning the terminal door panel invites consideration as both decorative program and symbolic statement, its emanating lines suggesting solar imagery, cosmic order, or the radiating influence of the institution housed within. Material choices demonstrate thoughtful consideration of sensory experience: the apparent reptilian texture of the wall panels introduces tactile intrigue, while the reflective hexagonal floor creates spatial doubling that extends the perceived depth of the corridor. The inclusion of a motion-blurred figure moving through the space adds crucial human dimension, reminding viewers that architecture ultimately exists to be inhabited and experienced. This work invites contemplation of how contemporary designers might honor ceremonial architectural traditions while creating spaces that feel distinctly of their moment, neither nostalgic pastiche nor cold minimalism but rather a synthesis that respects the enduring human need for meaningful threshold experiences.
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- Unique Properties
- Objective:
This design creates a private club offering a future lifestyle experience, blending river views with exclusive spaces for social gatherings. It features high-end dining, wine tasting, tea ceremonies, and activities like chess, fostering relaxation and emotional connection.
Advantages:
Situated along the Yong River, the club enjoys a prime, unobstructed river view. - Dimensions & Packaging
- In areas such as the private dining room, bathroom, tea room backdrop, and island countertop, Cameo stone slabs are used with specifications of 1200mm width x 9mm thickness x 3000mm length. These slabs are durable, stain-resistant, heat-resistant, suitable for high-frequency use, and eco-friendly, meeting sustainability standards.
Some walls feature stone mosaics, with the maximum size being 100mm width x 9mm thickness x 100mm length, and a uniform depth of 9mm. The stone mosaics are durable, colorfast, and made from natural materials that comply with green building standards. - Tags
- Private club, Private Dining Room, river view, social gathering, Bulgari material
- Production Technology
- The design features luxurious materials like white mosaics, black patterned marble, fish belly black marble, artistic glass mosaics, Puppe’s stone, and boxwood veneer, with every detail meticulously crafted to highlight craftsmanship and quality.
Bulgari art mosaics add a jewel-like sparkle, enhancing the space's artistic flair. All materials are sustainably sourced, including natural stone, recyclable metals, and eco-friendly leather, processed with environmentally conscious techniques to minimize impact while maintaining a premium aesthetic. - Design Challenge
- The challenge of the design was how to maximize the use of the river view.
By using narrow-frame minimalist doors and windows, the project transforms the river view into a painting within the space, greatly enhancing its aesthetic appeal. The open layout and clever circulation design avoid clutter and ensure functionality and comfort. - Project Duration
- The project started in April 2024 in Shanghai and finished in December 2024 in Nanning
- Operation Flow
- The design of this private club is inspired by the scenic views of the Yong River, blending modern luxury with natural beauty. The open layout and flowing geometric lines break traditional boundaries, creating a more free and flexible space. Exquisite artistic mosaics, shimmering like jewels, add unique charm. Natural light combined with the river view creates an open, comfortable environment, providing a poetic and tranquil atmosphere for social gatherings.
- Research
- The project seamlessly integrates natural landscapes with luxurious design, creating a unique space that appeals to high-end clients and elite groups. It features two restaurants and a game room, catering to the owner's social and hospitality needs. Artistic mosaics and exquisite design elements elevate the space, enhancing visual appeal and emotional resonance for commercial sales. The open layout and innovative flow break traditional boundaries, offering a flexible, comfortable experience that boosts commercial, social, and design impact.
- Inspiration
- A. Unobstructed River View
Drawing inspiration from the Yong River, the design integrates natural and modern elements through flowing lines and colors. Expansive minimalist doors and windows maximize the river view, dissolving the boundary between indoors and outdoors.
B. Innovative Spatial Layout
The open-plan layout, with flowing geometric lines, breaks traditional spatial boundaries, offering freedom and flexibility while avoiding the rigidity of conventional designs. - Image Credits
- Kris Lin International design
- Patents
- Kris Lin International design
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