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Warm walnut timber panels define the expansive ceiling plane of WRight Communication's The Osmanthus Grace Sales Center, establishing an enveloping horizontal datum that draws the eye deep into the lo
A low horizontal structure of glass and charcoal-hued steel frames stretches across the composition in landscape orientation, establishing a pavilion-like architecture that reads as contemporary yet t
A continuous horizontal aperture of floor-to-ceiling glass reveals a delicately screened exterior landscape through precisely calibrated horizontal louvers, establishing an immediate dialogue between
WRight Communication's The Osmanthus Grace Sales Center presents a sophisticated architectural interior distinguished by rigorous geometric clarity, material restraint, and carefully orchestrated spat
WRight Communication's The Osmanthus Grace Sales Center establishes a sophisticated dialogue between warmth and restraint through its meticulously calibrated material and chromatic palette, where the

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Gold Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2021

The Osmanthus Grace Sales Center

by Wj Studio

  • A' Design Award 2021 Gold Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
  • Awarded April 15, 2021
  • CLIENT: Wj Studio
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 23,308
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About The Osmanthus Grace Sales Center

The Osmanthus Grace is a sales center in Wenzhou, China, built on a site of 450 square meters. The linear building stands between Cui Wei Mountain and Ou River, with one part reaching the water. A series of connected sub-spaces of different scales leads visitors from dark areas to bright ones. Inclined ceilings lower sightlines toward the landscape, and a sunken area defines the meeting zone. Wide facades shaped like long paintings reduce the separation between indoor and outdoor. Wood, stone and plants are the main materials. The plan also allows future changes of use.

Situated within the broader trajectory of contemporary Asian hospitality design, WRight Communication's acclaimed sales center interior demonstrates how commercial architecture can transcend transactional function to achieve genuinely contemplative spatial experience, drawing upon deep traditions of Eastern aesthetic philosophy while embracing modernist material honesty and spatial clarity. The design team appears to have engaged thoughtfully with concepts of borrowed scenery and threshold experience, allowing the verdant exterior landscape to participate actively in the interior composition through extensive glazing that dissolves conventional boundaries between cultivated nature and constructed environment. Technical achievement manifests particularly in the sophisticated material palette orchestration, where warm timber surfaces establish psychological comfort and acoustic intimacy while polished stone and metallic accents provide necessary visual punctuation and hierarchical emphasis without disrupting the overall tonal serenity. The inclusion of what appears to be a significant ink-wash artwork suggests curatorial consideration typically reserved for cultural institutions, elevating the commercial program through artistic dialogue while the organic stone vessel positioned before it creates a contemplative vignette inviting pause within the processional journey. Compositional intelligence reveals itself through the calibrated balance between horizontal compression beneath the timber ceiling and vertical release toward the glazed garden boundary, generating spatial tension resolved through the ascending staircase and its accompanying sculptural accent. The furniture arrangements demonstrate refined understanding of proxemics and social choreography, creating intimate conversation clusters that maintain visual connection to the larger spatial narrative while offering psychological shelter beneath the expansive ceiling plane. One might consider how this interior proposes an alternative model for commercial space, one where the journey itself becomes the destination, where material authenticity replaces superficial luxury signifiers, and where contemplative pause is valued equally with efficient transaction, inviting visitors to question what qualities transform mere buildings into meaningful places.

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Unique Properties
By defining a series of sub-spaces which have various scales but interact with each other well, the architect establishes the episode of introduction, development, and bridge, passing out the atmosphere of simpleness Time and space are evolved throughout the project, blurring the boundary of architecture, and combining humanity and nature. Therefore, the project is a perfect response to traditional Chinese gardens.
Dimensions & Packaging
Site Area: 450 sqm.
Tags
interior design, nature, Sustainable, crystal clean
Production Technology
The building is in linear shape, with a part sightly reaching the water. The inclined ceiling designed with directions lower the sights from visitors and guide them to nature. The sunken part in the building adds the independence and boundaries of meeting zone. The process of lowering sights draws visitors closer to the landscape, creating the dialogue between human and water, and setting resonance of reality and imagination. Façades with the shape of long paintings are crystal clean, eliminating the boundaries of indoor and outdoor. Time reveals its trace of flowing when four seasons are changing, and when days and nights are altering. Nature, becomes the main theme everywhere in the project.
Design Challenge
Mixing into the scenery is the special attribute of traditional Jiang Nan gardens. The space is built according to water scenery, guiding visitors to interact with the nature and taking them to join the landscape. The entrance of the project is designed relatively narrow after the adjustment of the architect to create a calm atmosphere and to show the nature most.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2020 and finished in September 2020 in Wenzhou, China
Operation Flow
Main materials are selected as wood, stone, and plant, for they are the elements of nature, to decorate the space. Simpleness are emphasized through various levels.

With unique characteristics, art pieces that reflect regions and history both represent different humanity themes and label themselves as signs of the space at the same time. The flexibility eliminates boundaries.
Research
The project is designed with great flexibility for renovation in the future. It also reserves space for kindergarten. In the future, this building can still fit into different scenarios even if its users and functions are not the same.
Inspiration
This project locates at the back of Cui Wei Mountain, facing Ou River. The owner would like to see an ideal residence being built here with the help of a quality urban lifestyle and great scenery with local culture.
'We wish every visitor can feel the calmness of time and interact with nature.' Walking circulation transforms from dark to bright, enriching light levels in the space, establishing atmosphere of great mountains in limited space.
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IMAGE by Zhuhai

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