Golden A' Design Award Winner 2020
Li Xiang's Loong Swim Club presents an extraordinary immersive environment where biomorphic sculptural forms cascade from a mirrored ceiling, creating a kaleidoscopic realm that defies conventional spatial logic through its masterful orchestration of pattern, color, and reflection. The composition establishes an immediately arresting visual hierarchy dominated by large-scale ovoid and bulbous shapes rendered in a sophisticated palette of slate blue, dusty rose, sage green, warm peach, and cream, each adorned with intricate decorative motifs including concentric circles, scalloped edges, and organic patterns reminiscent of marine organisms, Art Deco ornamentation, and traditional ceramic glazework. The mirrored ceiling functions as a compositional device of remarkable ingenuity, doubling the sculptural elements and creating an infinite vertical expansion that transforms the physical space into a seemingly boundless underwater or fantastical dreamscape. The floor anchors this visual symphony with a bold black-and-white polka dot pattern that provides graphic counterpoint to the organic curvilinearity above, establishing dynamic tension between geometric regularity and biomorphic fluidity. Chromatic relationships achieve harmonic sophistication through an analogous warm-to-cool gradient punctuated by strategic complementary accents, with cerulean blue forms engaging in visual dialogue with peachy coral tones while mint green striped columns provide verdant freshness. The lighting paradigm employs diffused ambient illumination supplemented by focused downlighting, creating gentle luminosity that enhances the glossy sculptural surfaces while casting soft shadows that emphasize three-dimensional volume. Spatial construction operates through layered planes receding from the immediate foreground seating platforms through the mid-ground sculptural cluster toward the reflected infinite regress, establishing depth through overlapping forms and atmospheric diminution. The stylistic vocabulary synthesizes Surrealist biomorphism with Pop Art graphic sensibility and whimsical maximalism, evoking the fantastical environments of artists working within immersive installation traditions while maintaining a distinctly contemporary aesthetic vision that celebrates joy, wonder, and imaginative transportation.
The combination of service-oriented business with new business forms is a trend. The designer experimentally integrates the subsidiary functions of the project with main business, re-optimizes the main functions of parent-child sports training, and builds the project into a comprehensive space for swimming and sports education, integrating entertainment and leisure.