Shimao Wisdom Door 展示中心 by Grace Kwai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 金奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

金室内· 2020

Shimao Wisdom Door 展示中心

by Grace Kwai

Client: G&K Architecture Design

A' Design Award 金奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About Shimao Wisdom Door 展示中心

世茂智慧之门是位于中国宁波的一座展示中心。该展示中心服务于两栋入驻科技企业的高层地标建筑。空间用于人工智能产品与新技术的发布会，因此现代科技主题贯穿整个室内。黑白色调奠定了基本基调。玻璃构成四周墙面，地面铺设黑色大理石。两侧闪烁的竖向光线为暗色环境增添了光亮。一件大型黑色艺术装置环绕着旋转楼梯。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金奖

Shimao Wisdom Door 展示中心是 A' Design Award 金奖得主，这是授予一流、绝妙而杰出设计的极为崇高的认可。金奖得主是极具创新、极富远见且璀璨夺目的创作，反映出其设计师的天才、智慧与才干。预计Shimao Wisdom Door 展示中心将成为一项备受赞誉、引领潮流、气势恢宏的发明，带来前所未有的价值。这件赢得 A' Design Award 金奖的设计是一个壮观而受人敬重的项目，极大地造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Shimao Wisdom Door 展示中心激起强烈的渴望，唤起激情，鼓励创造力，令我们着迷。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project is an exhibition center of two super high-rise landmark building, in which many leading tech companies will be stationed, such as Alibaba, Tencent, and other IT companies. It features modern technology and IoT concept, which is embodied by the intelligence of interior hardware facilities.
Dimensions & Packaging: The main function areas on the ground floor include entrance hall, display screen, core stage, water bar, negotiation area, VIP interview room, media room, public restroom, and workplace. On the first floor, there are meeting room, finance room, art display area, outdoor seating area, and inner courtyard landscape. The light, shadow, meaning, art and concept are integrated in the space structure in the form of streamline. Each function area are connected and integrated to form a whole space.
Tags: exhibition center, interior design, sales center, installation, natural art
Production Technology: The exhibition center will be used for news conference of future artificial intelligence products and new technology of government. In order to highlight this characteristic, the modern science and technology theme goes through the whole space. The palette of black and white creates the basic tone, where glass is used to make the surrounding walls and black marble is paved on the floor. Shimmering threads are decorated vertically on the two sides to highlight the modern technology sense in the dark environment.
Design Challenge: To make the project an iconic image, a vast black original art installation is set to wrap the spiral stairs. When looked far away, it seems like a reflection of mountain on a peaceful lake. What's more, as the main communicate area for visitors, the entrance hall give people an impression of Zen and imagination .
Research: Design conveys a specific life attitude. It needs the accumulation and test of time, being enriching and improving all the time. It is a perfect process of innovation breakthrough. In the designer's point of view, the values of design lie in two aspects: meeting people's needs for space functions and combining function and aesthetics with a soul just like human.
Inspiration: The design concept is inspired by a philosophical idea on universe. Everything is connected, and it goes in cycle. So, none or zero is a vast void, which is endless and limitless, thus containing and connecting each individual repeatedly.
Project Duration: The project finished in May 2019 in Ningbo, Hangzhou, China.
Operation Flow: The space serves people, so the space design should meet the needs of owners. On the premise of necessary functional requirements, the design team create a different exhibition center space through regular products with original design, so as to create the best effect of art space.
Team Members: Design Director: Vivien Zhang
Interior Design: Sun Fei
Soft Decoration Design: Zhang Kang