Shimao Wisdom Door 展覽中心 by Grace Kwai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 金獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

金室內· 2020

Shimao Wisdom Door 展覽中心

by Grace Kwai

Client: G&K Architecture Design

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Shimao Wisdom Door 展覽中心

世茂智慧之門係位於中國寧波嘅一個展覽中心。呢個展覽中心服務兩座進駐科技公司嘅高層地標建築。空間用嚟舉行人工智能產品同新科技嘅新聞發佈會,所以現代科技主題貫穿成個室內設計。黑白色調奠定咗基本基調。玻璃構成四周嘅牆身,地面鋪設黑色雲石。兩側閃爍嘅垂直線條為深沉嘅環境增添光彩。一個大型黑色藝術裝置包裹住螺旋樓梯。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

Shimao Wisdom Door 展覽中心是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Shimao Wisdom Door 展覽中心將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Shimao Wisdom Door 展覽中心激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

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