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Metagram has designed the flagship store for Natural is Best, located in the West Kowloon Xiqu Centre for Chinese Opera.

The design draws inspiration from traditional Chinese Opera sets with a contemporary twist, featuring Chinese-inspired detailing and bright colours of deep red and sky blue.

The design creates a theatrical experience for visitors; a distinct central axis draws visitors into the store, dividing zones with a series of ‘moon gates’. Visitors are treated to a cloud-like blanket of lanterns at the entrance, featuring a central arrangement of Chinese-style chests. The main space of the store features a stunning artwork of 瓊花女 (King Fa Lui) set in a bold black circular frame with mesmerizing colored gradient glass.

Visitors can browse the store's many products in a landscape of articulated product displays, enjoying artistic installations and pausing at the central communal bench to enjoy a snack.

The Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts is located at the beginning section of Xi’an’s Datang Everbright City, south of the famed Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. The client asked for a new architectural icon at the East Entry of the museum.

In response to the brief, Designer ’s proposal takes the idea of a monolithic urban monument as the guiding concept to not only satisfy the museum’s newly expanded cultural and commercial functions, but to also serve as an anchor and a durable symbol of social history for the surrounding urban fabric.

Since the vicinity of the site is occupied by existing galleries, the design intervention minimizes the impact of the new building through careful consideration for the architectural massing and detailing.

Concrete piled up in the city mountains, ideal in the mountain, freedom in the mountain.

Through the subtle healing power of matter, spirit and sense, the experiment builds a villa space in the city, allowing the design to reshape the everyday symbols of the home, returning the complexity to nature, and to every waking person, an inner mountain residence.

Through various experimental techniques, we create a language that allows words to enter the sense, and establish a common boundary environment between people and the outside world.

Basing on the analysis of the environment and functions of the restaurant in the whole building, the designer draws inspiration from bamboo weaving, combines bamboo crafts with modern dining space and makes two large white “cavities” in the main space through deconstruction and enlargement. This pair of soft constructions inside the hard space not only reinforce a sense of being contemporary, but also accomplish the genetic impression of the brand by its natural appearance and cultural orientation.

The designer succeeds in changing the previous obscure image of the brand and embedding it in people’s mind by creating a strong eye-catching subject in the space. What’s more, he digs the connection among the brand gene and urban culture and nature, pursuing to root deeper, so that distinct brand memory points can continuously absorb nutrients and grow stronger.

TORCH COMMUNITY is a public service center. We hope to design a glass house with light in it to lead the direction for residents in darkness, which is our motivation of building the Torch Community. The original intention is to offer a public space for those city constructors coming from afar, where they and their children could adapt to the life of urban communities.

It fulfills diverse functions by designing space in different ways. Though the space for designing is very limited, the glass house bring residents inside the feeling of being immersed in outside world while they are actually indoor to avoid depression. The transparent wall not only can decrease borders of buildings nearby, but also extend the settings indoor and embrace more sunshine.

This transparent design would also enhance the integration between community and village, and become a more obvious shelter for children who are in trouble.

Designer was entrusted to design LAK stylish flooring’s new concept store, and carry out design practice in a material exhibition space to showcase the brand’s exploration of material nature. To break away from restriction and limitation of the stereotyped architectural construction methodology, the space design integrates philosophical wisdom into classical music creation to recreate the symphony of space melody and harmony.

On the basis of rational sublimation from classical structure, a symphonic poem is created by the rhythm and melody of the space.

The traditional Chinese courtyard house or siheyuan is a typology well-known for its illustration of Confucian ideals, accommodating extended family units wherein many generations live under one roof. In this project, Designers have explored how notions of communal living and collective memory can be expressed spatially.

The original site featured a lush vegetated edge that formed a natural green buffer along the perimeter, a feature that designers have retained. The new two-story house organizes all communal spaces around a central garden, which occupies the courtyard space serving as a memorial garden for the family’s matriarch.

King's Kindergarten is a school and also a playgroundOther than providing a disciplined learning environment for children, we shall not forget that a kindergarten shall consider children's desire to play.

As the kindergarten building footprint is limited, our design intent is to maximize the ground-level natural play space by extending the external playground into the interior. The idea of the playground is therefore ever-changing. Children's favorite elements such as slides, sand pit, climbing ropes, small hills and curved and angled walls all contribute to completing the ground floor of the school as a play space.

In addition, small cut-out circular windows along the curved walls help children to envision themselves as being within a large ship and explore the corridor following the curved pattern on the floor.

A 12-meter-high corridor is nestled between one straight wall and one angled wall, breaking the boundaries of conventional design techniques. Stereoscopic visual layers are interlaced to create a temporal array of light and shadow. In the space facade, photocatalysts and other ecologically friendly materials have been used.

The spiral staircase softens the visual senses with its light and dynamic rhythm, symbolizing the bond between people and the city. The negotiation area embraces appropriate white and minimalist three-dimensional structure. The furniture in various combination modes can be reassembled according to the needs of different activities.

The floating platform, with its interlocking blocks and nested angles, is a powerful 'urban stage' that overlooks the entire site. By doing so, the space enjoys fluidity and vitality in symbiosis with the city.

The design theme is ‘City’. In most movies, stories usually start in a bustling city, therefore, we drew inspiration from the aerial view of cities, presenting the hustle and bustle of cities in a figurative way. ‘Boxes’ in rectangular or trapezoidal shape the ceilings and walls, extending in various heights and angles in the lobby, which is the image of a bustling metropolis with skyscrapers.

Natural marble was used for floor, walls, seating and bar counter. However, using metal panels printed with stone pattern rather than natural stone to create the ceiling was the result of cost control and weight reduction. Considering the sound effect in auditoriums, the space was made with stone patterns printed on cloth.

The geometry of the space is a resemblance of land plots formed by intersecting roads in cities, with the connection of forming a surface field with each other.

""Monkey King is Back"" is the world's first flagship store created by ADDICTEA in the midst of the noise and to trap Sun Wukong's five hundred years of ""five elements Mountain"" as design inspiration. The ""Wuxing Mountain"" is broken, split and reorganized, and then new aluminum and coated tempered glass are used as the main material to cast a very tense architectural form.

It tells about the history and present of Chinese tea. Using clear concrete, mirror stainless steel and carbonized fir to construct the whole space belonging to the spirit of ""the enfant"", build a carrier that can provide different spiritual experiences for contemporary people.

This cabin is one of the sites for the subscription service “SANU 2nd Home” with the concept of "Live with nature.” It was designed by an environmentally friendly architect, who reformed the previous building method by using domestic timber, a stilted architecture to reduce the load on the soil, and construction methods that do not use nails or screws.

It is equipped with functions for "living in nature”: high thermal insulation, slit walls for a quiet environment, and a traditional Japanese raised floor to prevent moisture buildup. Furthermore, the main window which opens from floor to ceiling, seamlessly connects the room with the surrounding nature.

The zoning with curved wooden walls make people to feel comfortable as they spend time on things such as working, resting, or gathering. This project is expanding and 57 cabins have been built in 8 locations by May 2023.

LuxLinea is an ophthalmology clinic in Shibuya, Tokyo. The new addition to Total Eye Care clinics in the heart of the Japanese capital takes place on the ground floor of a mixed-use building with clear glass facades.

The design addresses two main issues: glass reflections, and patients’ privacy. To counter the bright daylight reflections on the glass, obstructing visibility, a series of intriguing vertical lines of light are emitted from the inside attracting the curiosity of the passerby. All the walls around the waiting area are finished in mirrors reflecting the urban environment during daytime and assimilating it inside the clinic.

The interior becomes a fantasy experiential space made of floating light elements. At night, the outside becomes darker than the inside turning the glass into a highly reflective surface. The space becomes wrapped in mirrors in every direction where light elements overlap in a kaleidoscopic effect.

The Lantern Art Space is adjacent to Fengjian Water Town, which has a thousand years of reputation as a water town, and has a strong local cultural heritage. The vision of its transformation is to use such existing buildings to reinterpret the value of Lingnan culture in a humble posture, introverted but containing energy.

Use simple materials to create a new design language, reflecting the spirit of daring to transcend tradition and enterprising innovation in Lingnan culture. Use the charm of the material itself to reactivate the site and construct a pragmatic, open, diverse and compatible social spiritual value.

DHAWA Jinan Daming Lake is located in Baihua pond, the traditional block of Jinan, Shandong Province. The area is embraced with traditional green brick and black tile quadrangle dwellings (Siheyuan), depicting the most beautiful picture of old Jinan. The main building of the project includes an archaized building with modern beam-slab structure, two preserved historical and cultural protection buildings, as well as some old factory buildings.

It covers an area of approximately 9800 square meters and has a design area of approximately 16200 square meters.

As the main idea of the design, "New knowledge of hometown" extracts the traditional elements and culture of Jiangxi Guild Hall through translation, constructs the formal framework of the design, and endows the original traditional architecture with new composition, material, and texture.

This cabin is one of the sites for the subscription service “SANU 2nd Home” with the concept of "Live with nature.” It was designed by an environmentally friendly architect, who reformed the previous building method by using domestic timber, a stilted architecture to reduce the load on the soil, and construction methods that do not use nails or screws.

It is equipped with functions for "living in nature”: high thermal insulation, slit walls for a quiet environment, and a traditional Japanese raised floor to prevent moisture buildup. Furthermore, the main window which opens from floor to ceiling, seamlessly connects the room with the surrounding nature.

The zoning with curved wooden walls make people to feel comfortable as they spend time on things such as working, resting, or gathering. This project is expanding and 57 cabins have been built in 8 locations by May 2023.

Ying n’Flo is a lifestyle guesthouse for modern day travelers, aiming to break the traditional hotel narrative of serious spaces and strict boundaries. With ecological and economical efficiency in mind, the spaces are designed to have a warm, welcoming and familiar feel, emphasizing functionality and quality.

Against this backdrop of curated simplicity is an edge of youthful attitude and local context, with vibrant elements giving the hotel its own unique flavour. The guest rooms are luxurious in their simplicity; fresh, functional and welcoming. A clean palette of plaster, wood, white washed oak and canvas provides a textured and timeless environment.

The ceiling datum is painted in muted green providing a youthful edge and playfulness, without overpowering the sophisticated backdrop. The generous Garden Terrace is a bold and colorful environment. A peripheral volume of greenery organically wraps the terrace, undulating to allow pockets of inhabitation and a centralised cabana.

A project of a sales base of an automobile manufacturer HYUNDAI selling only ZEV* in Japan. The first thing I thought about in this project, which started with the use of the existing “warehouse,” was how to combine the “nature of the warehouse” and the “clean” image of an EV vehicle. The plan was to adjoin the showroom with the vehicle maintenance shop.

I thought that creating a spatial connection between these two functions, rather than completely separating them, would reflect HYUNDAI’s philosophy of “producing a clean, sustainable mobility environment.” I designed a seamless space that nurtures confidence and trust in HYUNDAI by allowing customers to witness a clean maintenance shop for electric and hydrogen vehicles, and experience the service and worldview from behind the scenes.

The project seeks to strike a balance between simplicity and complicity of the beauty of life. The entire work is full of rational elegance of architecture. Starting with “experience”, the designer develops such a location where people are driven by the space experience to consume and products are well fitted in such a place, and creates the sense of the space by means of form, sound, taste, touch, hearing and other sensory experiences.

Thanks to the use of minimalist techniques, the designer gets rid of all material decorations to present the artistic sense of space by allowing the exhibition hall return to the most essential condition of light, space, volume and structure, thus showcasing the artistic, hierarchical and spatial sense of the space.

Rather than following traditional see-through logics, the designers dared to think outside the box and offer a fresh interpretation. The result is a stunning suspending orange transparent box that connects the exterior and interior. The bold design not only enriches the urban landscape, but also initiates a dialogue with the neighborhood through its tense colors and unique structure.

The designers effectively separated the interior space from the busy street through the use of a receding lobby facade and the orange glass box. This approach achieves a delicate balance and precise articulation between the bustling energy of the street and the peaceful silence within, creating a fully immersive environment for users to enjoy.

The designers have made a conscious effort to reflect on the urban humanity, responding to the city’s unique style and atmosphere through the scene planning and community setting.

The Dalian Huanan MixC One is the designer's first large-scale shopping mall project in China and it opened last December. Located in the coastal area of "The Romantic City of Northeast China," away from the city center, our interior design draws inspiration from the maritime environment cherished by the local people, replicating a variety of landscapes from the surrounding nature.

Our approach is grounded in the belief that we're not simply designing a building filled with retail stores, but rather a social space that is engaging and inviting. Therefore, it's important to us that the mall is welcoming and hospitable. We want users to feel appreciated and to be received as visitors and guests.

Red, not only represents the style of the brand but also the nature of grilling. The extended barrel shape at the entrance comes from the design element of the grilling chimney, which is smoking hot like the people shuttling in the mirror, from the vision of the bustling city streets. Concrete and carbonized wood are added to the Japanese design elements, and the warm texture of the wood forms a visual conflict with the rational tone of the concrete, making the modernity and naturalness a better fit.

The shadow of the light, is intermingled and accomplished by each other.

As an upgraded version of Dijing · Exquisite series of restaurants, how to bring different noble luxury and extraordinary experience to guests? The best viewing location in Shanghai, we believe that creating a wider and more transparent view is the core element of shaping the entire space. There were originally four large flat floors in the room, which resulted in a slightly flat space, transformed and designed a shared space.

We connected the upper and lower spaces of the three floors as a whole, and the walls of the private rooms facing the shared area are all treated with transparent glass to ensure a transparent view of the entire interior space. The viewing spiral staircase, is the focal point of the entire interior, and it has to be a sculpture, it has to be extremely accentuated, dramatic, and artistic.

The gaga coast restaurant in Shanghai recalls a deep connection with coastal elements and Mediterranean soul. The designer transformed a three storey building into a vertical journey of refined rusticity across three floors of the restaurant giving visitors unique and distinct spaces to dine. Colours and materials throughout the three floors change telling a different part of the story; green earthy tones on the ground floor link the garden to the open cafe space, the red fire tones of second floor reflect the dining room centered on the parilla grill, the black yakisugi wood of the third floor contrasts against the white washed flanked stone walls and existing traditional timber trussed ceiling.

The designer also custom designed furniture pieces and the new visual identity for the restaurant.

Shuijinggong Restaurant is a Cantonese cuisine restaurant. It is on the roof of a building with a terrace. Walk through the outdoor courtyard, through winding corridors, and then into each room, imbued with the ceremonial feel of a private courtyard. Create small courtyards and small landscapes, create a big world in a small space, dilute the feeling of flat buildings in the city, and narrow the distance between people and courtyards and nature.

In this beautiful environment, it's like being cut off from the world. Create a peaceful, quiet, personal and emotional space.

This project is located on Hainan Island, which boasts a long coastline and vast, lush vegetation. We believe that the future community center should serve as a center for connecting nature/civilization, coast/land, and traditional/modern lifestyles. The goal is not just to design a space, but to create a spiritual destination like an island gathering place, characterized by a venue that welcomes a wide range of life experiences.

The interior is designed with wooden grids and strip windows to control sunlight and reduce the sense of disruption caused by column and frame facades. To allow people to fully experience the joys hidden in nature, we also make use of local tribal craftsmanship, such as chopping logs and rocks with axes, weaving coconut fiber, and using rustic materials such as wooden grids and clay plaster to enhance the island's natural simplicity that is embedded in the space.

The west bank of Pearl River housed brick warehouses in the 1950s, a significant granary of Guangzhou. The government's renewal master plan aims to preserve its industrial past while building a city-planning exhibition hall and civic center. The project aims to encourage participation in the district's rebirth.

The design balances new functionality while presenting the old site attractively to younger generations.

In Jinan, water is not merely the source of nature, but also the pulse of the city's spirit. “Spring" became the linkage that connects through form, structure, the integration of landscapes into indoor spaces with the sparkling reflections of water, portraying the wandering posture of spring water. highlighting the sculptural power of water, the natural eminence of flow and tranquility.

For the high and narrow space, it is 13 meters high, the art installation is suspended at 8 meters, acting as a breakthrough of the general sense in floor height. The poetry atrium is designed to bring the garden view inside and create a water landscape. The Eastern philosophical impression of "circle" presented at the edge of water landscape to form a "Moon Boat" art installation.

When light and shadow enter the poetic realm with wind, the space becomes classical theater in the East, creating an Art of Ethereal.

Based on the purity and enlightenment of art education, the design of the YIYUAN Art School can explore the development venation of modern architectural design, create a space narrative in the form of blank area by internalizing the architecture, and extend the space infinitely with the organic smooth surface, which stimulates the purity and sustainability of the original force under the contemporary aesthetics of the space.

Therefore, students' pursuit of ideals is stimulated by the coexistence of real-life scenarios, and their instincts to trace aesthetics are also ignited.

The spatial relationship of the overall overhead lobby geometry continues the compositional sense of design, examines the details, polishes the spatial details and texture, and demonstrates a timeless modern design.

Through the creation of spatial composition and details, reflecting the quality of space and high style, let people arrive at the future community in light and shadow, and start a new journey intertwined with expectations and hopes.

The project is located on the main road of Shiyihe Village. Starting from an assumed basic function for weddings and banquets, the design team endowed the place with undefined possibilities, to allow for more effective use of space and enrich its operations. In this project, the design team created diversified art scenes, and produced a hybrid of commerce and art.

The design team conceived a simple building featuring common steel structures and large white wall surfaces, and ensured the perfect execution of the design scheme. The minimalist aesthetics of the building convey a sense of affinity. It's simple, yet inclusive.

Borrowing light from chiseled walls, transforming shapes and exchanging shadows. Light: shaping the visual form, also a clever endowment, adept at sharing. Utilizing the restrictions of exhibition and ceiling coverage area, it is transformed into a design language of restraint, borrowing light. Stepping from the bustling external environment into the corridor, the rhythm becomes gentle with each progressive step.

The light from above filters through the grilles, gently falling on the extensive walls, creating a mottled and scattered interplay of light and shadow.

This design focuses on presenting a dual-marketing experience center engaged in industry, business, office, residence and hotel among other aspects. Besides, it will serve as municipal urban exhibition hall, community-oriented government service center, urban garden community art center and so on. For these reasons, there should be a subtle balance between grand vision, futuristic space and design individuality because it lies at the core of designing process.

The entire building looks like a sparkling diamond just discovered or a bright, ethereal wing. But when it comes to interior design, all our effort is to divide the space into different zones strictly and adapt those zones to various needs for the space.

The project is located between mountains and sea. The space is laid out in raw wood and warm white, the lines are simple and clear, and the small retro elements are appropriately arranged, so as to achieve the balance of simplicity and complexity inside and outside. The original staircase is located on the north side of the space, taking into account the moving line sorting during use, we moved to the west, and reduced the space area occupied by the way of external expansion.

In this way, the staircase is located in the middle of the space, and the activity area is concentrated in the sunny south, whether it is from the living room or the dining room to the second floor, it is very easy to access.

The owners are a young couple who favor modern minimalist style, and the design is based on the owner's preference and the characteristics of the house, presenting a unique and optimal solution. From the characteristics of the house, decentralized space distribution and abrupt beams are the challenges that need to be solved in this case.

Therefore, according to the owner's request, a second bedroom was demolished to obtain a large horizontal hall in the public area, and an open study layout was realized. At the same time, the milky gray art paint creates walls and cabinets without color difference, the wood veneer extends to the ceiling to weaken the structure of the beams, and the line of sight down to the wall is more coherent and smooth.

Concrete piled up in the city mountains, ideal in the mountain, freedom in the mountain.

Through the subtle healing power of matter, spirit and sense, the experiment builds a villa space in the city, allowing the design to reshape the everyday symbols of the home, returning the complexity to nature, and to every waking person, an inner mountain residence.

Through various experimental techniques, we create a language that allows words to enter the sense, and establish a common boundary environment between people and the outside world.

After the duplex transformation, the two-dimensional and three-dimensional connections are realized, and the moving lines are flexible and interesting, adding a strong connection experience for family members to interact anytime and anywhere. The combination of minimalist white and logs makes people feel comfortable and relaxed.

The transparent partition between the balcony and the bathroom allows the wind and light in nature around the mountains to be integrated into life. The screen-style separate washbasin and surrounding washroom distribution design in the master room create a home resort hotel atmosphere.

Owners are looking to recreate their once cluttered home into a peaceful and private retreat. We start by incorporating elements of nature to enhance the relaxing environment.

The design of this space is carefully crafted with natural elements. All of the walls are removed, freeing up space and connecting the living room, open kitchen, and bathroom to form a larger public space. Because the entrance area was originally the darkest part, the design added a tall shoe cabinet and storage room to create a foyer, leaving the sunlight from the window for the living room.

While we want to bring in maximum skylight to the apartment, we also want to keep the space private and calm. The black hexagonal metal fence here helps dim the lights, yet casting playful shadows on the floor.

The house has a history of over 30 years and is a tower with 10 units per floor. The rooms are arranged around a courtyard, and the public spaces are cramped with single-sided lighting. With an area of 53 square meters, there is no living room, and the kitchen and bathroom are small and dim, making it a true "old and worn-out" space.

We have planned 6 versions of the layout and discussed the future lifestyle, and finally settled on the boldest version. After repeated communication and confirmation with the manufacturer and construction team, we created an open space that best suits the homeowner's living needs.

"Flow of Silence" is a functional residential space, and also a peaceful meditation space. Our minimalist designs use pure natural texture and monochrome gray color, which create a pure canvas like a backdrop to let users perform themselves. Moreover, it is essential for creating a functional and harmonious design.

To create a sense of security for meditating, curved furniture walls create a flowing space to envelop the occupant. Besides, the furniture wall provides the living and storage system to function the blur zoning system which transforms between dining, meditation, and working. And creating irregular and zigzag walls maximizes the space’s value.

Furthermore, a healthy and eco-friendly interior must incorporate natural light and a nature view, therefore, a matt mirror on the window reflects the daylight inside. Besides, an inclined surface window frames the nature views. Thus, the indoor and outdoor spaces are connected by letting light flow through the window.

Living a hectic life in the city, you can sometimes feel like an island in the ocean. Once you learn to enjoy the solitude of your own space, and distance yourself from the bustling city life of dazzling lights and colors, you can begin to see more details of the beauty of life. Home is life. It contains our emotions, and comforts us when feeling defeated or melancholy.

We re-deconstructed the pattern configuration, left a lot of space blank, and reduced the messy colors and decorations. No matter what the weather outside is like, you can always immerse yourself in the artistic beauty of your home.

This plan creates a restaurant featuring live music by renovating the current space. The location is an old brick building in the city center. First, a detailed structural study was conducted, and then beams were cut to create a new atrium in the center of the space. Additionally, by placing the stage to face the main street, a three-dimensional spatial layout was created to allow the stage to be viewed from 360 degrees.

If the windows are opened, the city and restaurant blend via the music while creating a new atmosphere replete with gentle breezes. While making the utmost use of the building’s original brick structure, wood reclaimed from discarded scaffolding boards was incorporated into the design to maximize environmental friendliness to the extent possible.

Additionally, things like discarded strings, guitarjack shielding, pegs, and other musical instrument parts were repurposed to create custom-made lighting, such as pendant lights.

Tourbillon radiates craftsmanship and design. To honor these traditions, purity of lines and geometric shapes were applied for the concept of the spectacular Landmark Arte clubhouse. This project contains a double-height void. A twin set of staircases takes guests to the welcoming station at the lower floor.

A time capsule forms a perfect procession as the wine lounge is revealed. The timeless design of the room is in line with the spirit of effortless living. The pool draws on the dynamics of a series of concentric ovals that surrounds it. The architecture of the library’s glass circular box is a mesmerizing spot.

A gravity-defying suspended bonsai tree is used to connect the high-volume space, the linear line of the branches creates a sight line towards an inner garden. The interiors of the clubhouse evoke a significant sense of grandeur, yet it retains a lively spirit through a modern lens.

NEW BUND 31 Performing Arts Center is part of a mixed-use development located at Qiantan in the Shanghai Pudong New Area. It houses a grand theater, a multifunctional black box space, four rehearsal halls, and supporting facilities distributed through B1-5F. Designer's concept for the project is ""the arena,” a contemporary interpretation of the classical archetype.

The grand theater, its lobby concourse, and the circulation paths encircling it, are all defined by a series of arches.

Within the 2500-seat grand theater, warm oak envelops the entire the performance hall, the repeating arch motif here not only echoes the arena concept, but also helps to fulfill the acoustic requirements of the theatre. The black box exhibition space is a multi-purpose facility that serves MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) functions.

Other support spaces throughout the cultural center showcase unique designs.

The renovation design of the apartment clubhouse of JOOYU is the result of social care, industry research and psychological grasp of residents. Most of the youth apartments are only about 30 square meters, and the people living in them are like an island.

The design focuses on the public area, and through the design of book bars, gaming zone, billiard rooms, gyms and other spaces, which creates a public social platform for apartment tenants to explore the beautiful activation mode of the future youth apartment community.

The design concept is derived from the "Ridge Theater", which draws from the section of the rough mountain mine and the sense of volume of the structure to enlarge the atmosphere perception in the space. Standing stone between the upper and lower to create a natural and original feeling. At the initial stage of the design, we retained the original overhead structure, taking the original cave as the design inspiration, and used the original natural space form to awaken people's secret and familiar sense of security.

By taking advantage of the disadvantages of the original structure, we broke the traditional shopping experience and created a narrow or wide irregular structure volume in the space, between which people could shadow or stop in front of furniture. Space and atmosphere are enough to form a series of dramatic scenes, to achieve a static aesthetic, simple and deep and powerful.

This case is located in the core area of Yongzhou Binjiang New City in "Zhucheng", with an area of 1400 square meters, targeting high-quality residential population. Developers have been deeply involved in the local market for over a decade, with a strong sense of social mission and craftsmanship, hoping to create a space for people to have both quality of life and spiritual identity.

The design agency was entrusted to fully integrate local cultural heritage, based on modern aesthetic requirements, using new Chinese style installations as cognitive carriers, and the architectural landscape and interior design as scene expressions, using artistic expression methods to construct an elegant space infiltrated by humanistic spirit.

The project takes the brand concept of "Oriental aesthetics, starting with woodworking" as its inspiration and incorporates traditional Eastern aesthetic connotations with modern elements through the use of woodworking tenon-and-mortise craftsmanship and a large number of curved modules.

The design showcases the traditional philosophical concept of "round on the outside and square on the inside." The integration of the living room, dining room, and kitchen and the small-scale design of the master bedroom increase the permeability and flow of the entire space.

Through the unique design techniques of modernism and de-formalization, the design presents a peaceful and profound Eastern narrative through details, showcasing the exquisite beauty of the East.

Unlike traditional whole house custom exhibition halls that convey a sense of sophistication through dark spaces and rich facade expressions, the Ruifang Home Furnishing Exhibition Hall, due to its location in a space with a courtyard, wants to express a relaxed display atmosphere. More blank spaces and sculptural basic shapes are designed to highlight the role of customized furniture in the space, that is, to "retreat" in appropriate positions and "appear" in appropriate scenes while meeting functionality.

The new location of the design studio is located in the downtown area, hidden in a thousand years old temple after the old building complex, the original site of Fuzhou University machinery factory. For this building rebuilt, we more thinking about its "regeneration", thinking about the reuse of urban regeneration space, to pay tribute to the past with the rebirth.

In this project, we used old wood, set up post and beam, in the new building creates an old experience the feeling of the space. We wanted this space to be modern, but with the imprint of the past, with the shelter of a family home.

Our design idea is very simple, and we don’t deliberately create a certain spatial artistic conception. We just hope to find a simple way to integrate people and space. The redesigned stairs are the main moving line connecting the three layers of space in series. With the change of the rhythm of the moving line, the interaction between spaces slowly unfolds.

We consciously create opportunities for people to interact in the space and at the same time help to maintain the appropriateness in the communication. Colleagues meet, greet, turn around and return to their own workplace, enriching the daily life of every day.

For this project, we try to break through the boundaries of simple office functions and establish multi-dimensional connections. Its function setting is between private and public, emphasizing privacy and at the same time it is a space for reception and negotiation. They hope that people will not only talk about the details of craftsmanship, but also the awe and ingenuity of the space manager for the industry, insisting that "in any case, one should return to the essence, and only by constantly thinking can we avoid losing ourselves." This is also the principle and pure idea that they have consistently practiced since their careers.

How to get rid of the regular layout and organically integrate the multi-dimensional experience and perception into the restricted set pattern has become the focus of the design.

The project is a private studio located in a small apartment block in the downtown area. The whole space is divided into two floors, downstairs is the function of reception, upstairs is the function of office and rest. Inspired by the insomnia Sugar Rush caused by a cup of silk stockings milk tea. Trying to break the form of a conventional box, and using curved surfaces and arcs to resolve it, it is like an irregular box living in the heart, rough and delicate, deep and bright, the inner rhapsody.

Drug rehabilitation centres rely on individuals' isolation from the outside world and intensive physical labour to recover from addiction. However, addiction is a severe psychological obstacle, and coercive methods only exacerbate the problem, leaving the individual vulnerable to relapse. This rehabilitation centre implements principles of 12-step therapy.

It places the individual at the centre of the recovery journey. We have meticulously designed every aspect of the building to reflect the 12-step process, from treatment dialogue to physical spaces. The unique feature, "Rising Whirlpool," at the heart of the building, guides individuals step-by-step towards self-discovery.

The project transforms an abandoned school into a healing space using greenery, natural materials, and natural lighting. The spatial journey inside is designed as a mirror reflecting human emotions and struggles. The ups and downs of the recovery process are part of the experience, which prompts the user to self-awareness.

The Design Aim is to provide a place where one can better connect with nature and gain physical and mental health through this abandoned site transformed into a wellness centre. Hong Kong is a place of high stress and a fast pace of life. It is understood that activities such as exposure to nature, meditation, and solitude can improve mental health.

Thereby reducing stress and understanding that natural elements are indispensable in the design. How can use natural elements to improve human behaviour and emotion? The location provides a secluded environment surrounded by trees on three sides, creating the image of a secret garden. This project is increasing the biophilic design for every designer's perspectives on Design responsibility.

In China's growing cities, spatial segregation and social isolation impede newcomers from integrating and establishing roots. The limited availability of beneficial public spaces exacerbates this issue. This project examines how interior design can tackle these challenges by promoting community, meeting needs, and creating positive gathering spaces with cultural elements.

Tailored solutions aim to foster pride and strong connections among residents. The aspiration is for this public space to positively impact both residents and the city, fostering belonging and attachment.

This project is about a biophilic active aging center to connect the elderly with the community in rural China providing self-sufficient agricultural activities. The aim of this aged care center is about enabling seniors to age actively. The user group is divided into three different age groups, young elderly aged 60-69, middle-aged elderly aged 70-79, and senior people over 80 years old.

The concept is inspired by the local Hakka Building. Combine modern elements on the basis of traditional elements. To realize this concept and integrate it with biophilic design, light & fresh air would be allowed to keep the public space bright enough and bring different sensory changes. Improve mood and comfort by allowing users to adapt to different states in different spaces.

Also, the using of natural and traditional materials can help the elderly establish a familiar living environment.

MMM Design Studio is a Hong Kong-based interior design studio with residential and commercial design. At MMM Studio, what we offer not only embodies the physicality of spatial design, but also that of the intuitiveness of usage, the seamless connection between function & aesthetics and the feasibility exploration in attaining the most “Suitable” solution.

We believe that space is humanity; we concern with the detailed interaction between people, space, and natural environment. Listening to user’s needs and studying their places to craft customized concepts. Our storytelling design get insight into the user, builds empathy, and reaches them emotionally.

CAN Design is an emerging architecture and design firm based in Hong Kong. The growing team of over 60 creative minds has a proven record of award-winning design, we adopt a holistic and forward-thinking approach to integrating architecture, interiors, masterplanning and environmental graphics to open the design realm into infinite possibilities.

Founded in 2020 on the principles of collaboration and cross-disciplinary practice, the creative team pushes the boundaries of design by integrating Culture, Art, and Nature to create innovative and enticing destinations. Applying international expertise with a local perspective, we design with soul, creating spaces that inspire and connect.

CCS, an award-winning interior design studio based in Hong Kong, specialises in space creation for luxury residential and commerical projects. Led by the 40 under 40 best interior designer award recipient, Clement Cheng, the extensive portfolio of projects ranges in scales and typologies throughout the Asia-Pacific region, mainly high-end houses, apartments, and commercial lobbies.

CCS dedicates to offer bespoke and exquisite interior designs for our discerning clients, creating distinguishable spaces with three dimensional depth and timeless class.