description

A set of digital codification has been on Taihu Stone in the process of object making of the poolside seating and wading pool, the perforation pattern of the windows, wall & ramp lighting. The result is a nue-interpretation of the traditional garden found object shower with rainbow fragments.

Concept

The swimming complex is one of the major staff recreation facilities at this giant property group headquarters - Vanke Centre The master architect of this headquarters building sets all the public serving sectors below ground.

Among them is a swimming complex, which consists of one outdoor and two indoor pools, and a reception foyer that connects the in/outdoor pools as well as a lift core from the main buildings above.

While the master architect takes reference of the works of a Brazilian landscape artist to pave a series of void in the ground plate, our inspiration is rooted in the landscape object of traditional Su-Hang (a region of cultural hub of ancient China) gardens - Taihu Stone - a cloud like stone that crystallise a duality of weight and lightness, hard and softness, fluidity and stillness.

We applied a set of digital codification on Taihu Stone in the process of object making of the poolside seating and wading pool, the perforation pattern of the windows, wall & ramp lighting. The result is a nue-interpretation of the traditional garden found object shower with rainbow fragments.

The major material of the reception foyer and indoor swimming pool is imprinted with intangible design element, which either/both responses to the time of the day or/and the seasons via the sunlight.

An special angle film is installed on the balustrade and wall cladding of the reception foyer that diffuses the light source into a spectrum of subtle changing colour light.

Whereas the glazing of the indoor swimming pool, a layer of carved plexiglass is installed to refract sunlight into pieces of rainbow that dance with different seasons.

Category

Corporate public space

Design

Interior

Location

Shenzhen, China

Total Floor area

990 m.sq.