Gemtree Club: A Fusion of Elegance and Modern Minimalism

Zuling Weng's Award-Winning Design Marries Wine Culture with Chinese Elements

Zuling Weng's design inspiration for the Gemtree Club is rooted in the desire to create a mellow and elegant space. The wine-red artistic paint used throughout the clubhouse sets the tone for this atmosphere. The design's unique properties lie in its rhythmic, arc-shaped wine cabinet, extending from the facade to the top, symbolizing the life thickness and unique, honorable effort that goes into each wine's brewing process.

The design realization technology incorporates modern sculpture with appropriate lighting ornamentation. A small landscape of mini mountain with white sand and fantastic stones beneath the staircase adds a fresh and refined artistic conception. This landscape is integrated with the tea table in the reception area, presenting a sense of simple luxury.

The Gemtree Club, covering a total of 200 square meters, showcases a unique interaction between the wine cabinet and the stair. The integral hidden lamp belt enhances the sense of spatial administrative levels while dividing the space. The design project, which started in October 2019 in Fuzhou and finished in January 2020, was a collaboration between Zuling Weng and Baolin Cai.

The wine tasting area is designed to be minimalist and practical. The wall space of red brick carve act, with classic and retro gesso disc carved patterns, highlights the warm firelight of the fireplace. The wooden grating partition, with the dense and orderly square blocks, becomes the boundary dividing the reception area and wine tasting area. These areas are visually partly hidden, partly visible, projecting the shadow effect of virtual and real coexistence under the light.

In the internal space structure, the staircase design abandons the traditional design techniques. The cascading and staggered staircase structure enhances the sense of rhythm of the space. Large transparent French Windows in the reception area eliminate the boundary between indoor space and outdoor greening, and the green street trees view becomes an extension of the interior space.

The Gemtree Club is a testament to Zuling Weng's ability to combine Chinese elements with the wine culture of strong European style, with simple and fluent lines, with calm wrapping color. The design, which is the winner of the prestigious Silver A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award in 2021, is a remarkable display of technical characteristics and splendid artistic skill. The copyrights for the design belong to Di Li, 2020.