Golden A' Design Award Winner 2020
Sweeping ribbons of luminescent white silk appear to cascade through the double-height atrium of Bo Liu's Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Hospitality Interior Design, commanding immediate visual attention as the sculptural lighting installation creates an ethereal canopy that anchors the spatial hierarchy of this sophisticated lobby environment. The compositional architecture operates on a masterful interplay between vertical emphasis and horizontal grounding, where towering panels of striated grey marble establish rhythmic colonnade-like divisions along the peripheral walls while the highly reflective floor surface of polished stone in warm umber and cool taupe striations creates a mirror plane that doubles the perceived volume and introduces a secondary reading of the overhead sculptural forms. The chromatic palette demonstrates refined restraint, orchestrating a harmony of neutral tones spanning from cool silver-grey marbles through warm bronze metallic accents in the vertical fin screens to deep espresso browns in the central feature wall, all punctuated by crystalline transparency in the organic water-splash sculpture positioned at right foreground. The luminosity scheme layers ambient natural light filtering through translucent white screens decorated with delicate leaf motifs in teal and seafoam against the warm artificial glow emanating from behind the dramatic silhouetted mountain range backlit panel that serves as the reception backdrop, creating an atmospheric gradation from ethereal brightness at perimeter to mysterious depth at center. Spatial construction employs one-point perspective with the central feature wall as vanishing zone, while overlapping planes of screens, furniture groupings, and sculptural elements establish clear foreground, middle ground, and background delineation. The textural vocabulary encompasses polished reflective surfaces, brushed metallics, translucent fabrics, organic glass formations, and natural stone veining, creating tactile richness that rewards close observation while maintaining visual cohesion through temperature-neutral material selection throughout this exemplary contemporary hospitality interior.
As one of the port city along the Yangtze River, the Zhangjiagang hotel design details inspired from its unique geographical location. The designers used Oriental Aesthetic Chinese Shanshui Painting as a nursery of ideas in style. The designers took the color and shapes from the Mountains and Water as the cultural theme inspiration and used modern materials, texture and finishes to perfectly present a pleasurable experience to guests. The fundamental core values of Chinese cultural philosophy were applied to design technique to emphasize the unity and harmony.