Bronze A' Design Award Winner 2025
Suspended planes of ivory-hued sculptural forms define Simone Wang's Yangpu Sales Office, where curved architectural elements descend from an expansive ceiling to create a rhythmic vertical cascade, establishing a compositional framework that balances monumentality with weightless grace, the dominant color palette employs a sophisticated neutrality comprising titanium white, warm ecru, soft greige, and cool dove gray punctuated by deep charcoal flooring with pale veining reminiscent of Carrara marble, creating tonal relationships that span a compressed mid-to-high key range with selective dark anchoring, the lighting paradigm presents diffused natural illumination entering from floor-to-ceiling glazing on the left, supplemented by concealed architectural lighting that models the curved surfaces with gentle gradations from luminous highlights to cool shadowed recesses, establishing a soft directional quality suggesting morning or overcast ambient conditions, the spatial construction employs atmospheric perspective and overlapping planes to articulate depth across three distinct zones including a foreground conversation area with organic seating forms, a middle ground transitional corridor defined by the sculptural columns, and a background mezzanine level visible through apertures in the suspended elements, the compositional architecture follows an asymmetrical balance with strong vertical emphasis countered by horizontal stratification of the ceiling plane and floor surface, leading lines created by the curved column edges direct the eye upward and through the space in a spiraling visual journey, figure-ground relationships establish the white sculptural volumes as dominant positive forms against the darker floor plane and glazed exterior, creating dynamic tension between solid and void, textural qualities range from the smooth matte finish of the architectural surfaces suggesting plastered or composite material to the polished reflective character of the floor and the soft yielding appearance of the rounded seating elements upholstered in pale neutral fabric, edge treatment varies from crisp hard transitions where architectural planes meet to soft dissolved edges where curved surfaces turn away from light into shadow, the green plants integrated into the floor plane and visible beyond the glazing introduce organic textural contrast and vibrant chromatic accent against the achromatic dominant scheme, stylistic attributes align with contemporary minimalist spatial design emphasizing reductive form, material honesty, and phenomenological engagement with light and volume, suggesting affinities with the spatial investigations of contemporary practices exploring fluidity, biomorphic geometries, and the dematerialization of structure through color and light, the overall atmospheric resonance conveys serene contemplation, refined luxury, and forward-looking innovation, inviting prolonged spatial experience and phenomenological awareness, the frozen moment captures the space in pristine uninhabited condition emphasizing its sculptural and architectural qualities as composition rather than activated social environment, viewer positioning suggests an elevated vantage point that reveals both horizontal expanse and vertical layering, creating comprehensive spatial understanding and inviting imaginative inhabitation.
The project is located in a golf course in Danzhou, Hainan Province, with a unique natural environment, reflecting its "locality" as the only choice for space design. The aesthetics of mountains and seas and humanities and art are perfectly integrated into the space, enjoying the beauty of the bay, exploring the continuity and rebirth of natural aesthetics in the context of contemporary design, condensing time in the space, increasing the resort atmosphere in the space, and blooming in the new life aesthetics at the intersection of the sky and the ocean.