Banyan Pavilion 便利店室內設計 by Yi Xiao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

銅室內· 2021

Banyan Pavilion 便利店室內設計

by Yi Xiao

Client: Atelier Yi

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Banyan Pavilion 便利店室內設計

榕亭係位於中國福州一個歷史街區內嘅便利店室內設計項目,坐落喺一棵百年榕樹旁邊。原有嘅磚結構得以保留,並用鋼材加固。原本嘅立面用摺疊趟門打開,令室內空間同街道之間建立更緊密嘅連繫。白色貨架同榕樹池嘅邊緣共同構成一個完整嘅環形空間。地面鋪設透水石材,以確保樹木有充足水分,而一個抬高嘅水磨石平台則提供室外座位區。手工編織嘅藤板覆蓋喺貨架框架之上。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Banyan Pavilion 便利店室內設計是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Banyan Pavilion 便利店室內設計將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Banyan Pavilion 便利店室內設計出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project is situated in a historic district Which next to a middle school and behind a century old banyan tree. This project was discussed as a new type of convenience store model influenced by e-commerce.The facade of the architecture was opened facing the block,and It was formed a complete circular public space combined with banyan trees, redefining the relationship between the inner space with banyan trees, as well as the relationship between architecture and streets.
Dimensions & Packaging: 36㎡
brick , steel , adhesive stone , terrazzo , rattan board
Tags: Historic district , architecture renovation , banyan tree , landscape / public space / convenience store
Production Technology: The brick structure was retained and reinforced with steel structure. The original facade is opened by folding sliding door which creats a closer connection with the street. The white shelf and the boundary of banyan pool form a complete circle space. The ground adopts permeable sticky stone to ensure the water for banyan trees, and the raised terrazzo platform is used in the shop to create an exterior seats. The grid of the self corresponds to the texture of the brick wall and the grid surface layer adopts the rattan board wove by hand to echo with the Ficus epidermis.
Design Challenge: In this project, the architect should deal with the relationship between the new and the old, the relationship between the architecture and the street, the relationship between the space and the banyan tree in the architectural transformation of the historical district.
Research: In this project, the architect exploring the basic method of the transformation of the old architecture: a starting point to shape the place instead of just the transformation of the internal space.So that the architecture becomes a part of the environment, together with the landscape and streets to form a part of community life.
Inspiration: Based on the banyan tree on the site, the project proposes a comprehensive environmental strategy to reshape the relationship between architecture, context and landscape, people activities and crowded street traffic. It forms an important public space in the environment of the historical district.
Project Duration: The project is located in Fuzhou, China. It starts in March 2019 and completed in January 2020.
Operation Flow: This project is not only a general store interior design, the architect use minimal interventions to solve multi-dimensional practical problems at the same time. The importance of banyan trees in this place is emphasized by combining architectural space with street and landscape to provide a place for public activities.
Image Credits: Image#1:Photographer Xinyun Cheng,Banyan Pavilion,2020.
Image#2: Photographer Xiao Yi, Banyan Pavilion,2020.
Image#3: Photographer Xiao Yi, Banyan Pavilion,2020.
Image#4: Photographer Xiao Yi, Banyan Pavilion,2020.
Image#5: Photographer Xiao Yi, Banyan Pavilion,2020.
Video Credits:Creator Xiao Yi, Banyan Pavillion,2020.