鄭州の企業のクラブハウスの内装プロジェクト。不定形な三角形状の建物でかつ設計過程で頻繁にプログラム要求が変わり、それらに柔軟に対応するために、あえて全ての平面を自由な曲線で計画している。鄭州の新都心地区に位置する本計画の周囲には多様な素材、色、スタイルが混在しているが、一旦本施設の中に入ると突然に色、スタイル、素材などすべてがニュートラルになり、純粋なアイコンとしての古今東西の扉の形だけが、その意味や文脈からはぎ取られ、白い空間の中に浮かんでいる構成として計画した。各扉のデザインは各部屋のアイコンとなり、あえてオリジナルの意味を逸脱するために、時には3D、時には2D、スケールも全くランダムに適応されている。あえてそうした属性をランダムにスワップすることで、物質の情報性を際立たせることを意図している。
This is a clubhouse for a large private company in Zhengzhou, China. The program includes reception, meeting, dining, and recreational areas, as well as private suites. The clubhouse is located on the second and third floors of an existing three-story building with a triangular footprint. The total area approximates 1,700 m2. The unique triangular floor plan and its core distribution restricted the design and functional layout, and we decided to make the new plan as free-form to accomodate with the existing structure.
The building is situated in one of many large-scale developments within Zhengzhou’s bustling contemporary city center. Surrounding buildings are all new, though eclectic in their use of styles and materials. To counter the busy, mixed palette of the exterior, we decided to make the interior palette as colorless as possible, making everything white to remove the sense of weight and ‘busyness” of the outside. And within this all-white palette, we introduce a vivid variety of materiality and texture. Each room has a unique form, with a different texture and pattern within the white palette. By giving particular characteristics to each room, we invite guests to develop a sense of “attachment” to individual spaces, amongst the overall neutrality of the clubhouse. The main hall with a double-height atrium, serves as a reception area and an event space. We treated the lower level ceiling as an upside-down landscape flowing continuously towards a large opening in the center, like a hole in a golf course, deliberately punching through an uneven surface. A special chandelier is installed in the upper level ceiling above the opening, enhancing an intimate and decorative feeling on the upper level, where private functions are located.
We also introduced a set of gate/threshold images of historic and contemporary styles, compiled from various Eastern and Western references, to bring an off-beat sensibility into the space. These images are intentionally treated as ‘fake’ information, and randomly mixed in forms of 2D and 3D representations. They are located sporadically, sometimes too densely arranged or cramped in between curving walls. This unusual arrangement of gates, floating in weightless and shadow-less space, creates a unique, mysterious atmosphere. The oscillation between neutral space and vivid materiality, large and small, distorted within a random combination of 2D and 3D, with hard lines and gentle curvatures, plain and decorative patterns, creates an unusual but pure impression of the clubhouse.
Project Name
Information
Year
2012
Category
Design Category, Interiors
Status
Built
Location
鄭州, 中国 Zhengzhou, China
Photo Credit
Kyle Yu
Collaborator
PTC
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