Golden A' Design Award Winner 2024
Scanning this interior photograph from top to bottom, listeners encounter a soaring double-height exhibition hall bathed in abundant natural light streaming through an extensive glass skylight that dominates the ceiling. The atmosphere feels bright, airy, and expansive, like standing beneath an open sky within sheltered walls. Beginning at the upper portion, a dramatic suspended sculpture floats in the space—imagine a gracefully curved form resembling the hull of a traditional wooden boat, constructed from warm honey-colored timber with fine parallel lines running along its length, suggesting the texture of smooth sanded wood that might feel pleasantly warm to the touch. This sculptural element spans approximately one-quarter of the composition width, suspended by slender cables that catch subtle light. Moving rightward at the same height, a magnificent screen wall rises floor to ceiling, composed of closely spaced vertical golden metal bars arranged like a refined fence of precious metal, creating a warm amber glow against the cooler grey architectural surfaces. Descending to the middle ground, multiple spherical light fixtures hang at varying heights throughout the space—imagine perfectly round frosted glass globes, cool white like morning moonlight, connected by delicate golden wire armatures forming geometric patterns. The floor level reveals polished charcoal-grey stone with a mirror-like quality, reflecting the suspended elements above and doubling the perceived spatial volume—the surface would feel cool and impossibly smooth underfoot. At center-right, curved white display tables contain miniature architectural models featuring tiny buildings amid fresh green landscaping, like looking down upon a miniature garden city. The background reveals additional seating areas and glass walls opening to winter trees outside. The overall temperature feels cool and refined, with pockets of visual warmth provided by the timber and golden elements throughout this contemplative institutional environment.
The overall design of Tianxia Chuanjiang Exhibition Center unites architecture, interior and landscape in a balanced manner, allowing for a permeable integration between them. Using a combination of contemporaneity and artistry, it emphasizes the relationship between people, nature, fields, and materials, using a deeper, more comprehensive perspective to think about and define the connection between people and space, aiming to make people feel the coexistence of beauty and spirit.