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Park1538 Gwangyang Cultural Facility

Park1538 Gwangyang

Park1538 is located in a city with a long history of steel. The project turns this industrial past into a cultural place open to the public and introduces visitors to the material, the process, and the history of making steel. Steel is often seen as heavy and rigid, but this project shows another side of the material by expressing flexibility through form and space. A cantilever hall creates an open plaza below, while vertical ribs guide visitors through layered spaces and link the different levels of the building.

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Xingshufu Banouet Restaurant

Xingshufu Banouet

Xingshufu Banouet is a restaurant interior designed for high-end dining centred on Sichuan cuisine. The venue covers 680 square metres and is located in a financial district of Shanghai. The design combines oriental elements with a contemporary approach, using controlled changes in colour brightness to give the space clear layers. Main materials include wood veneer, vintage stainless steel, marble, leather, mirrored stainless steel, mosaic and Malay paint. A strong visual focal point makes the space memorable and supports the identity of the dining brand.

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Arabica Riyadh Roastery Cafe

Arabica Riyadh Roastery

Arabica Riyadh Roastery is a theater style cafe set in a renovated warehouse of about 885 square meters on two floors. A large custom roasting machine stands on a stage at the back of the store, framed by a bean cellar. The kitchen counter is placed where an orchestra pit would be, and the atrium above lets the sounds of the baristas carry through the space. The floor is lowered in front of the stage, while upper level seats offer views from above. White artificial marble, brick, perforated metal and painted surfaces add texture, and sheer curtains divide the box seats.

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Senbo Resort Hotel

Senbo Resort

Wuhan Senbo Resort is a family oriented resort hotel interior located in China. The design translates local landscape imagery of mountains, flowing water and lotus forms into an immersive spatial narrative. The lobby is defined by a double curved mountain like ceiling made of custom glass fiber reinforced gypsum panels. Building information modeling and parametric modeling were used to resolve the complex geometry. Natural wood, bamboo weaving, sustainable finishes and intelligent lighting create a calm atmosphere for adults and children.

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Olivino Restaurant

Olivino

Olivino is a restaurant created within a former industrial exhibition hall in China. The original double height, column free volume and the skylight grid are retained and reinforced, while services and lighting are concealed within an upgraded roof assembly. A circular glass wine cellar and a copper stove are inserted to guide circulation without partitions. Materials include art paint, metal plate, handmade brick, gold foil and glass. Daylight and layered artificial light shape open and intimate dining zones. The total area is 626 square meters.

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Snow Park Exhibition Center

Snow Park

Snow Park is an exhibition center for a large indoor ski resort. The interior is arranged as six themed scenes: Ice Lake, Ice Tunnel, Ice Cave, Ice Light, Ice Cone and Ice House. Glass fiber reinforced gypsum shapes the flowing walls and ribbon-shaped light fixtures, while translucent ice jade stone lines the tunnel area. Holographic projections, screens and dynamic lighting guide visitors along an immersive route. Thirty-six structural columns are absorbed into the streamlined layout. The flexible plan also allows a later shift to commercial use.

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