Gold Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2021
Zhenlong Mansion Sales Office
by YLH Design
- A' Design Award 2021 Gold Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: YLH Design
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 28,814
- Verification code 1644C2CE6D · Verify this award
About Zhenlong Mansion Sales Office
Zhenlong Mansion is a sales office in Beijing, China. The interior draws on the Directorate of Imperial Academy, a historic institution of ancient China. The layout follows the plan of a classical Chinese academy and is combined with a modern approach. Chinese red is used as the main color. Materials include wood, ancient wood grain stone, ceramic tile, metal and hand-painted wallpaper. The space covers 1270 square meters and contains a hall, a corridor, a negotiation area and a sand table area. The result is a calm, scholarly and artistic interior.
Zhenlong Mansion Sales Office by Zhang Yun represents a masterful synthesis of contemporary spatial design with deeply rooted aesthetic traditions, creating an environment that transcends conventional commercial architecture to achieve ceremonial gravitas. The designer demonstrates remarkable sensitivity in orchestrating a dialogue between technological precision and organic naturalism, evident in the juxtaposition of machined metallic sculptural forms against the raw authenticity of a live-edge timber console. The chromatic strategy proves particularly accomplished: the enveloping warmth of the coral and vermillion tones references the symbolic associations of prosperity and celebration inherent in lacquerware traditions, while the cool metallic intervention introduces a contemporary counterpoint that prevents historical pastiche. The calligraphic installation functioning as backdrop deserves particular attention, as it positions the visitor within a scholarly continuum while the abstract mountain forms floating before it may evoke classical landscape painting traditions translated into three-dimensional space. The structural system of repeated columnar bays creates a rhythmic procession that guides movement while establishing hierarchical spatial zones, from threshold through intermediary passages toward the culminating central installation. Technical execution achieves exceptional refinement, evidenced by the seamless integration of concealed lighting systems within architectural elements and the flawless reflectivity of the stone flooring that transforms the ground plane into a liquid mirror. This work invites contemplation of how contemporary spatial practice might honor cultural memory while embracing material innovation, suggesting that authentic tradition resides not in formal replication but in the perpetuation of underlying spatial philosophies and atmospheric sensibilities. The viewer might consider how architecture communicates cultural values through the orchestration of material, light, and proportion.
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- Unique Properties
- This project has distinctive Chinese characteristics. The Chinese red has been chosen as the main color. The layout imitates the ancient Chinese Academy, and the materials are basically wood and ecological materials. The space comprises a hall, corridor, negotiation area and sand table area. As a whole, it presents a calm, scholarly and artistic space.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1270 square meters
- Tags
- interior design, interior space, sales office, Asia, Chinese elements
- Production Technology
- Technology: the use of Chinese tenon and mortise structure, stone seal cutting techniques, wallpaper rubbing
Materials: ancient wood grain stone, cultural rubble, ancient wood grain ceramic tile, metal, wood facing, hand-painted wallpaper, silk glass, silver mirror, cobble - Design Challenge
- Early stage of project design: consider the building facade and surrounding environment, and further understand the project in combination with local properties
Project design: fully consider the needs of our client for the project, on the premise of meeting the academic atmosphere, use modern methods to design and combine all elements and every detail, reflecting the solemn and elegant temperament of traditional Chinese interior design.
Early stage of the project development: in compliance with the safety rules and laws, the original building is demolished and reconstructed, so that the design concept can be successfully implemented. - Project Duration
- The project started in December 2019 in Beijing China and finished in March 2020.
- Operation Flow
- In a unique way to show the dynamic and static, sound and color of the environment, whether it is the external space or the internal space, all reflect the interesting creativity. The sales office is divided into two floors.The first floor is comprised by sand table area, model exhibition area, negotiation hall, VIP room children's area and bathroom. The second floor is comprised by office area and model rooms. On the right side of the sales office, the sales staff working area is located at the entrance side. The service desk is simple, and stable, with a strong sense of ritual, which makes customers feel solemn. Leading customers to the sand table area, they can have an enjoyable conversation in the antique and elegant atmosphere, the large space also makes customers not have a strong sense of pressure, and understand the project in a more relaxing way.
Taste a cup of tea, hold an ancient book, experience the mood of the ancients in poetry, feel the essence of life in Zen; retreat from worldly disturbance, put aside the troubles in life, and experience the freedom and purity of one's own life in a simple and quiet space. - Research
- Before the start of the project, a lot of research on ancient Chinese architecture had been done, especially the structure and style of Beijing Directorate of Imperial Academy. In the design, the combination of traditional Chinese architectural style and the function of the space itself were cambinedSo as to create an aesthetic and practical work.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration of the project comes from Beijing Directorate of Imperial Academy, which was the highest institution in ancient Cina. On the premise of meeting the academic atmosphere, the classical Chinese academy style has been combined with modern style and together created a space with humanistic aesthetics and Chinese artistic conception. On the premise of meeting the academic atmosphere, the classical Chinese Academy style with modern style have been combined. The Chinese red has been chosen as the main color. The layout imitates the ancient Chinese Academy. The space comprises a hall, corridor, negotiation area and sand table area. As a whole, it presents a scholarly and artistic space.
- Image Credits
- all photos by Zheng Yan
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