Golden A' Design Award Winner 2025
Within the spatial vocabulary of contemporary commercial architecture, this rotunda operates as a powerful symbolic vessel encoding aspirations of transcendence, permanence, and celestial connection through carefully orchestrated formal and material choices. The circular plan form carries millennia of sacred and civic associations—the dome as cosmos, the rotunda as gathering point between earthly and divine realms—here translated into commercial idiom while retaining archetypal resonance. The chandelier installation functions as axis mundi, the world-axis connecting upper and lower realms, its cascading vertical elements suggesting both descent of blessing and ascent of aspiration, while the orbital ring structures evoke planetary motion, cosmic order, and the harmonious mechanics of celestial spheres. The chromatic progression from warm earth tones at floor level through cool celestial blues above encodes a symbolic journey: grounded beginnings yielding to elevated aspirations, material reality opening toward infinite possibility. Blue, across numerous cultural traditions, carries associations of truth, wisdom, infinity, and the heavenly realm, making its dominant presence in the upper registers symbolically charged with meanings of trustworthiness and transcendent vision. The crystalline fragmentation of the blue wall treatment suggests both preciousness—the faceted geometry of gemstones—and transformation, as when water becomes ice or carbon becomes diamond. The reflective dark floor creates a doubling effect that traditional symbolism associates with the meeting of above and below, heaven mirrored in earthly waters. The central placement of the architectural model beneath this cosmic apparatus positions the presented development within a frame of mythic significance: the project becomes the focal point of cosmic attention, the object toward which all spatial energies converge. The sphere lights floating within the chandelier structure carry archetypal resonances of stars, souls, or seeds of potential, points of light emerging from the luminous cascade.
This project features a flexible, interactive clubhouse centered around a circular design inspired by the Rotunda concept. The central hall integrates art exhibitions and social interactions, fostering a lively atmosphere and promoting communication. Its fluid layout connects functional areas, breaking traditional design boundaries and symbolizing harmony and completeness.