Golden A' Design Award Winner 2025
The symbolic architecture of Jian Zhang's Sales Office orchestrates a sophisticated vocabulary of spatial meaning through its careful deployment of threshold archetypes axiality principles and material hierarchies that communicate welcome aspiration and institutional gravitas, the bilateral symmetry governing the composition activates deep-seated human responses to ordered environments suggesting stability trustworthiness and cultural refinement through geometric regularity that the mind perceives as intentional and therefore meaningful, the towering pilasters function as contemporary iterations of classical column symbolism representing support strength and the elevation of spirit through vertical aspiration while their smooth pale surfaces evoke purity clarity and the tabula rasa of new beginnings appropriate for a space facilitating significant transactions, the central floral arrangement introduces potent symbolism of organic vitality renewal and the flowering of possibility as white blossoms traditionally signify purity new beginnings and the ephemeral beauty of the present moment inviting contemplation of impermanence within permanence, the processional spatial organization from threshold through colonnade toward illuminated courtyard beyond echoes archetypal journey narratives of passage transformation and arrival at destinations of significance, the interplay between warm timber tones overhead and cool stone underfoot suggests the harmonious integration of earth and sky masculine and feminine stability and aspiration, the twilight visible through the glazed backdrop introduces temporal symbolism of threshold moments between day and night representing transitional states and the liminal quality of decision-making spaces, the reflective floor surface doubling the architectural elements above creates visual metaphors of correspondence between realms suggesting that what occurs in this space resonates beyond immediate material circumstances toward broader significance
Cloud Landmark is 600 square meters' sales office highlighting the commonalities between Hangzhou and Paris. Despite their differences, both cities share elegance and refinement. The design utilized 16 colonnades to frame a skylight atrium, with a large white camellia at the center. Commonly available materials such as marble and wood finishes were used, along with economical yet visually appealing solutions like stone texture paint. The result showcased the design team's ability to deliver impactful design under tight constraints, balancing display effect, time, and cost.