Flourishing Grandbuy

Flourishing Grandbuy is the renovation of a department store on a well known pedestrian street in Guangzhou, China. The store consists of two buildings constructed at different times, which caused a spatial misalignment and a divided shopping route. The renovation introduces a central axis and a core atrium, new escalators and a sightseeing elevator, and a redesigned east entrance clad in light aluminium panels cast in the shape of local roof tiles and lit by colour LED units. The result connects the two buildings into one clear and accessible route.

Flourishing Grandbuy Renovation of a Department Store by Hu Chen was identified as an exceptional illustration of architectural design by the A' Design Award. Flourishing Grandbuy Renovation of a Department Store was awarded the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design in 2023. The A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award is an international, meritocratic, just and fair design award which honors excellent design of residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries, retail stores, showrooms, exhibition spaces and more.

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