Site status and challenges: The project is located at the 9th Street in Chongqing Jiangbei District, where has a very mature business atmosphere. There are already some commercial formats on the site, and in the development plan, the existing architectures will be retained and continued for operation.
Based on the site status, renovation is a more practical and economical solution than the way that replaces the old with the new. It is, however, more difficult to design perfectly. How to effectively use the original structure is one of the challenges. And how to harmoniously unify the newly built part and the original one is another challenge.
Apply the beauty of plants into architecture: In order to find out the best way to express the building, the designers research and summarize the shapes of plants and abstract them into a curved shape. According to the sequence of petals or leaves, the design team applies it into the building in design language. Therefore, not only the “shape” of plant but also the “sequence” is utilized in the design.
Finally, after a comprehensive consideration of the preliminary planning, a light interspersed form is adopted. Thus, based on the curve of plant-like aesthetics, those curved shapes are interlaced to decorate the façade and the inner space, aiming to create a charming building like a beautiful plant.
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