Flashing in one moment

Reception Center

Design Name: Flashing in one moment

Designer Name: Wei-Jheng Syu

Design Labels: Reception Center

Design Inspiration: The designer implant a rhombus configuration on a rectangular plane, an arrangement that enriches the layers and dialogue in the space. From the exterior, there are ubiquitous façade designs with the style of interspersion of virtuality and reality.

Design Unique Properties: When coming into the porch along the stairs, there is a sector counter in sight. The corner space, by interior rhombus segmentation, creates an amiable sector space for welcoming guests with clever imitation by curved stone desktop. The images of trees, behind the counter, are created by complex cuts of boards. Furthermore, on the both sides of the images, the reflections effect from mirrors not only visualize the segregation between walls and ceilings, but also creates a visual effect with both a circle in a rectangular and a rectangular in a circle.

Design Realization Technology: Culture stone, wood, mirror, plastic sheet, granite, melamine panel

Design Specifications: 630 square meters

Design Team Members: Wei-Jheng Syu, Zhen-Long Liao

Design Interaction: On one side of the porch, there is a wall and large LED display, making a solid and stable effect at the entrance. The dangling stairs reduces oppressive feeling to visitors. On the other side of the porch, with the edges from rhombus cuts, there is a vertically inclined plane wrapped by a rectangular body. One side of the inclined plane is structured as a wall, and another side is extended by windows, which create fun in space by interspersions of virtuality and reality.

Design Location and Timeframe: Taiwan

Design Research: This is a place which creates a patchwork atmosphere in which open and private rooms are built for people conversation.

Design Challenges: The installment of the arches is used as an extension effect created by rhombus space, and it breaks the original vertical-and-horizontal lines and creates abundant visual effect in transparent space. In the field of lights, the designer ingeniously used recessed light and crystal chandelier to separate the differences between meeting space and gallery.

Awards and Accolades: This Design was awarded Silver in A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award in 2016. Silver A' Design Award: Rewarded to top-of-the-line, creative, and professionally remarkable designs that illustrate outstanding expertise and innovation. These designs, admired for their strong technical characteristics and splendid artistic skill, showcase a remarkable level of excellence and introduce positive feelings, amazement, and wonder.