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Project Overview
The main concept of this design is the conversion from time to space. Base on the requirements from the client, the design is providing various functional spaces in a 180 sqm site, which includes real estate exhibition area, café, open consultation area, independent office, pantry room and open multimedia and activities area for 20 people capacity. With the time dimension scale engaged in the design process, the customised movable furniture will help the client to re-organise the layout of the space by following the request in different time zone.
Project Commissioner
Project Creator
Team
BOWEN TAN-DESIGN DIRECTOR
TONY GUO-PROJECT MANAGER
JACK ZHU- INTERIOR DESIGNER
CLOVIA CAI- INTERIOR DESIGNER
Project Brief
Shop front area is the Café, and the middle zone is the multi-function exhibition and activities area. The exhibition panel designed to be removable which can be relocated based on client’s request. Triangulated timber ceiling panel with black gap line help to deceive the guest from the existing repressed low ceiling to this high volume spatial. The warm timber colour also can create the artistic background for the exhibitions display events, which is the highlight of this middle zone. The rear area of the shop is the independent office distinguished by setting up full height glazing partitions and the white flax curtains.
The interior design speaks a modern language by using black, white, grey and timber colour. The shopfront was modified from fixed glazing to aluminium bi-folding window which gives more flexibility and open views to the interior space. The interior flooring used one by one-meter concrete textured tile which flows onto the two sides of the interior walls. The existing ceiling was painted in the black matte finish to bring more contrast with the new timber colour triangulated suspended ceiling.
Project Innovation/Need
This project requires seven functional areas in a 6-meter width and 180m2 rectangle site. With traditional design method, these requirements would not be able to be fulfilled. The conversion from time to space concept help us to categorise the space by compartmentalising into the different time zone. The solution for this design is to divide the spaces into three main zones, including frontage 5 meters length café area, 7-meter length middle zone as exhibition &activities area, the rear zone is the independent office and consultation area.
To deceive guest’s eye from depressed low ceiling level, we use a great amount of timber to bring more contrast and volume into space by providing black shadow lines in between the triangulated suspended ceiling panel brings more artistic sense into space.
At the rear of the site, office and exhibition area are separated with unframed glass. Linen curtain is used as a light diffuser to generate the diffusing background light screen for the functions in the exhibition area.
Good design provides better spatial use, and when the decorating material can functionally resolve the owner’s demand, the store’s brand culture value is represented and delivered.
Design Challenge
By using the same colour scheme in different material combinations, three parts of the shop are linked together as flow. However, guests are still able visually to distinguish the difference between zones, as the threshold is throughout flooring, ceiling, lighting and wall finishing.
To disappear the existing low structural beam, we designed the flat triangulated suspended timber ceiling to hide the structural beam. The timber ceiling panels also provide the warm colour for brightening the space at the black and grey colour background.
Sustainability
We selected the natural as the main material used in the shop fitting works. The environment-friendly natural timber panels are used as the ceiling finishing material to replace the traditional plasterboard finishing to reduce the construction waste. Energy-saving LED lights will be used to reduce the electric energy waste and the dimmer used on all lights in the project to ensure that lights can be adjusted following the natural light conditions to save the energy.
Interior Design - Hospitality - On the Go
This award celebrates innovative and creative building interiors, with consideration given to space creation and planning, furnishings, finishes, aesthetic presentation and functionality. Consideration also given to space allocation, traffic flow, building services, lighting, fixtures, flooring, colours, furnishings and surface finishes.
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