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Mastech Dongguan Office

Mastech Dongguan

To consider high density of users, multiple business relations, and unknown meeting typologies, this workplace aims to be open-plan and non-standard paradigm, to support any type of group talks. At the 1st floor, the reception area is compartmentalized by flooring plans. Each area faces to different orientation, bringing a little contrast, but maintaining more privacy during business talks. On 4th floor, considerable office desks are installed in the core area, surrounded by a loop of artificial turf running track, connecting every division and uniting working forces among peers.

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Shenzhen Longyuan School

Shenzhen Longyuan

Longyuan is a nine year school designed for 3,360 students in 72 classes, mainly serving nearby residents. The campus has an L shaped layout on a narrow site with a plot ratio of 1.24. Primary and middle school teaching buildings have separate entrances and are linked by steps, ramps, lanes, corridors and courtyards. Specialized classrooms are placed between the two levels for shared use. A social corridor divides the teaching and sports areas and holds five colored volumes for group activities. Wood, aluminum sheet and fabric are used indoors, with planting added for a green atmosphere.

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Realm of Transition Office

Realm of Transition

Realm of Transition is an office interior design of 275 square meters completed in Taipei City, Taiwan. The interior is based on a medieval nautical theme inspired by the explorer Magellan. Nautical motifs include hemp rope, arched beams, round rods, canvas, ship side boards and oak barrels. The chairman office features a cabin handle and medieval nautical charts. Recycled timber pallets and disused oak barrels were used to support sustainable design, and high-technology printing replaces some actual timber materials.

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Hexi Corridor Grand Hotel

Hexi Corridor

Hexi Corridor is a hotel interior design located in Dunhuang. The project covers 10000 square meters. The door header combines a ribbon form taken from the flying Apsaras frescoes with dome elements common in local architecture. A shallow pool in front of the entrance reflects the building. A narrow passage shaped like a cave and finished with local pebbles leads to a lobby 10 meters high, where the ceiling is treated as a blue sky. The walls combine grey cement bricks with wooden grilles. Local culture and history guided the design.

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The One Mansion Xi'an Sales Center

The One Mansion Xi'an

Xi'an The One Mansion is a sales center interior covering 998 square meters. The design draws on the culture of Chang'an, the ancient capital that marks the starting point of the Silk Road. A concept named wei-cheng guides the layout of the sales center. The traditional Chinese idea of a round sky and a square earth informs the forms and proportions. Light and shadow are used to create a calm and moderate atmosphere. Empty and solid areas are balanced so that the space carries traces of time.

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Casa Restaurant

Casa

Casa Teppanyaki is a Japanese teppanyaki restaurant located in Suzhou, China. The commercial area covers 220 square meters and is divided into five teppanyaki tables and one private dining room. The ceiling reaches five meters in height, and a skylight brings daylight deep into the interior. The iron cooking plate is shaped as a semicircle to reduce the visual weight of the equipment. Materials include white marble effect floor tiles, a steel frame structure and gray marble. Sprayed wall finishes and wood lines add warmth to the space.

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Wen Bo Land Residence

Wen Bo Land

Wen Bo Land is a residential interior design for a 76 square meter apartment in Taiwan. The original layout of three bedrooms was changed into two bedrooms with a living room, a dining room and two bathrooms. Partitions were removed to enlarge the shared areas and to bring in more natural light. Arc elements soften the corners of the ceilings, walls and cabinets. Matte glass doors improve brightness, while the master bedroom has a hidden door for privacy. Scratch-resistant materials and laminate flooring suit a home shared with a cat.

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Yorkshire Villa Residential House

Yorkshire Villa

Yorkshire Villa is a residential interior design for a four-story duplex lakefront villa in Chongqing. The mountainous terrain places the entrance on the second floor, which links to the third floor and serves as a shared living space for the family. The ground floor opens to an outdoor garden, and the basement level holds a room for entertainment. Walls between two adjoining villas were removed to connect the interiors. A skylight and a tall open void bring daylight into the bright reception room. Natural materials add texture and a sense of comfort.

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Impression Residential House

Impression

This house was designed for the couple with two child in a residential area. The main idea was to play with a variety of materials and colors, creating a mix interrelationships and distinct areas with their own character. It is a house as a ideal for high density urban living, with a fluid scheme creating a haven of joy in the middle of the city. When walking Into this house, your eyes are immediately drawn to the coral cabinet next the door, while the other is a spectacular city's view, which has been given a very relaxing atmosphere, and bring the light through all the space.

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Jianjing Office and Cultural Space

Jianjing

Jianjing is an office and cultural space of 160 square meters in Suzhou, China. The interior uses calm and elegant colors with natural, plain materials, and takes inspiration from an old tree. A courtyard landscape is created inside the enclosed space, so the seasons, a gentle air flow and comfortable temperatures can be experienced indoors. Tall wood grille walls divide the plan into three halls of different sizes and uses, and grille details continue in other areas. Floors are raised to different heights to support the flow of air.

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Tailong College

Tailong

Tailong is a college interior of 12000 square meters located in Hangzhou. The college is divided into three parts: an administrative office area, a teaching classroom area, and living quarters for teachers and students. The design follows the theme of sound and color. Gray tones set the keynote of the teaching block, where acoustic measures reduce noise and control vibration, focusing and standing wave effects. Geometric structures enrich the spatial layers, and color blocks form part of the structure and set the tone of each space.

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Extra Time Cinema and Gallery

Extra Time

Extra Time Cinema is an on-demand cinema and gallery located on the second basement floor of a shopping mall in Shanghai. The interior covers 800 square meters. A bar stands at the center of a semi-circular space with a radius of 9 meters, so the area can serve as a cafe, a lecture salon, a stage for dance performances and a venue for product launches. The outer wall is wrapped in folded mirrored stainless steel, and the reflections change as people walk past. Curved stainless steel grooves hold light strips and plastic sunlight panels, which glow in blue, green and rose red.

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