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Baoan - Guancheng Family Fit Bar Social and Leisure by Shigui Liu

Baoan - Guancheng Family Fit Bar Social and Leisure

Golden A' Design Award Winner 2020

Architectural space functions here as symbolic container for ritualized social communion, where the designer has orchestrated material and light to encode meanings of hospitality, abundance, and refined gathering, the monumental backlit display wall operates as contemporary altar of conviviality, its grid structure suggesting both order and plenty, the vessels arranged within glowing like sacred objects awaiting ceremonial use, amber and golden light temperatures activate archetypal associations with hearth, warmth, and welcome, creating psychological sanctuary from exterior realms, the elongated spatial format references pilgrimage narratives, where passage through extended space transforms arrival at destination into meaningful achievement, reflective floor surfaces invoke water symbolism suggesting depth, contemplation, and the mirroring of self that social spaces facilitate, the wire sculptural pendants suggest organic forms, perhaps nests or cocoons, introducing biomorphic elements that soften industrial vocabularies and connect architectural space to natural world patterns, leather and wood materials carry connotations of craft heritage, durability, and honest materiality, their warm organic presence counterbalancing cooler metal and stone, brass accents throughout reference historical associations with permanence and subtle luxury, the grid organization of the display system suggests rational order imposed upon pleasure, civilization containing and presenting abundance, while the textured wall treatments evoke artisanal traditions, handcraft, and human touch within technological environment, the overall symbolic program invites interpretation as meditation on how designed environments choreograph social ritual, create psychological territories for gathering, and employ material semiotics to communicate values of quality, welcome, and the enduring human need for spaces dedicated to communion and celebration.

The parallel "horizontal line" and "vertical line", no matter how they change, can not be intersecting. Only when they cross each other can they be intersecting, and the intersection forms a "lattice". And the lattice is a communication platform, which is the source of the whiskey bar's design concept. In terms of energy-saving and environmental protection, designers used LED energy-saving lamps throughout the entire bar. From the layout, in order to maintain the air quality inside the bar, they build windows from north to south, this can make sure the natural air come through.