Gold Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2022
Zhuhai Jiuzhou Tianhe Jinghu Villa
by Robin Wang
- A' Design Award 2022 Gold Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: Sunny Neuhaus Partnership
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 31,958
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About Zhuhai Jiuzhou Tianhe Jinghu Villa
Zhuhai Jiuzhou Tianhe Jinghu is a villa interior design of 645 square meters in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Classic blue is the theme color, combined with plain wood and textured stone for a calm and vibrant atmosphere. The concept refers to the flight studies of Leonardo da Vinci. The living room follows an LDK layout with wide French windows, a metal propeller ceiling fan, a clock with an aircraft pattern and blue aircraft back chairs. Materials include smooth granite, nubuck leather, multi-layer solid wood flooring and ashlar brick.
Robin Wang's Zhuhai Jiuzhou Tianhe Jinghu Villa represents a remarkable achievement in contemporary residential interior design that draws upon the rich heritage of early aviation history to create a space resonating with wonder, aspiration, and refined domesticity. The installation at the heart of this composition, a meticulously crafted replica of a pioneering flying machine, serves as both artistic centerpiece and conceptual anchor, invoking the spirit of human ingenuity and the eternal dream of flight that has captivated creative minds across centuries. The designer demonstrates exceptional command of spatial drama through the double-height volume, which allows the suspended aircraft to occupy the void with theatrical presence while maintaining intimate human scale at the living level below. The material palette evidences sophisticated restraint, with pale ash wood paneling creating continuity across vertical surfaces while the selective introduction of deep cerulean blue on the sculptural staircase wall establishes a contemplative counterpoint suggestive of sky and infinite possibility. Furniture selections reflect a curated sensibility that bridges mid-century modernist elegance with contemporary comfort, the director's chairs and substantial wooden coffee table grounding the space with earthbound stability even as the eye is drawn upward toward aerial fantasy. The geometric floor treatment introduces classical pattern-making traditions while the faceted blue wall suggests crystalline natural forms or perhaps the angular geometries of early aeronautic engineering drawings. This interior may be understood as a meditation on the threshold between earthbound dwelling and transcendent aspiration, between the practical requirements of domestic life and the imaginative reaches of human creativity. Viewers might consider how this space invites inhabitants and guests alike to contemplate the relationship between grounded comfort and elevated dreams, between historical achievement and ongoing possibility.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- In this case, classic blue is used as the theme color, which is echoed with the theme of flying in the sky. Calm blue, plain logs and texture stones give people a simple and vibrant feeling, and the bright outline presents the beauty of clouds.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 645 square meter
- Tags
- Villa, Housing, Steampunk, Residence,Classic blue
- Production Technology
- Smooth Granite, Nubuck Leather, Multi-layer solid wood flooring, Ashlar Brick
- Design Challenge
- It covers a great deal of museology, art history, art criticism, and art management. How to make people immediately feel the simplicity of the space, the trace of time, the dream of flying and the attitude of life when they enter the space.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2020 and finished in October 2021 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province
- Operation Flow
- The living room adopts LDK design, perfect integration with the widescreen French Windows, bright lights bring a broader view, open the mood. The propeller ceiling fan suspended from the ceiling and the clock with aircraft pattern are made of metal material, and the classic blue aircraft back chair with full sense of line makes people appreciate the mechanical beauty with steampunk style, experiences the ancient era where Da Vinci lives. Leonardo Da Vinci was born in Tuscany, which is full of olive trees and vineyards. The designer created a spatial imagination of teahouse in the way of art exhibition, and took the olive tree, a symbol of peace, as the medium to have a dialogue with the master in space. The blue space in your eyes is just like the "mechanical eagle" flying into the vast blue sky. The strong sense of stage leads the audience into the depths of the flying dream. What makes this art installation unique is that the flaps on the wings are made of waxed linen, mimicking feathers.
- Research
- Five hundred years ago, leonardo Da Vinci wrote the Manuscript of The Flight of Birds. He was the first one to design an aircraft from the theoretical perspective, making a great attempt to touching clouds. At the Zhuhai International Air Show, we can see the original aspiration of flight that has never been extinguished after countless centuries. With the persistence of mankind, life is no longer limited to sea, land and air, even outer space.
- Inspiration
- Under the guidance of Da Vinci's blueprint, the designer restores the aircraft created by the master, weakens the space language by creating a stronger artistic atmosphere, and tells the original story of human flight history.
- Image Credits
- Photographer Simon Wu, 2021