Wutopia Lab was commissioned by the digital fashion brand ifanr to create the "Popped Orange — Uhub HOUSE" in Guangzhou T.I.T Creative Park, which was completed and opened in August 2022. It is an open design experiment, a vertical micro social complex with a light tower as the hub, including coffee, bar, theater, exhibition, sightseeing and party,...
Project name
Popped Orange / Uhub HOUSE
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab (Architecture, Interior, Landscape)
Location
T.I.T Creative Park, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Photography
Wu Siming, ifanr
Principal architect
Yu Ting (Shanghailander)
Design team
Architecture Team: Zhu Yumei, Yang Jia; Design Team: Li Hao (Project Architect), Wang Zhizheng, Jiang Xinping (Internship)
Interior design
Yu Bing, Shen Rui, Shao Bin
Landscape
Landscape Design: Wang Chon, Guo Yuqi; Landscape Construction Team: Zhuhai Yuyuan Landscape Group Co., Ltd.
Structural engineer
Hu Wenxiao
Environmental & MEP
Design Development: Shanghai Sunyat Architectural Design Co., Ltd.; Mechanical & Electronics Team: Shi Jiaying, Mao Robert, Mao Yaqian, Zou Yuheng
Lighting
Zhang Chloe, Yu Shiyu, Du Yuxuan
Material
Material Consultant: Wang Yu (polycarbonate sheet)
Construction
Construction: ifanr; Construction Team: Heyuan Yuchenju Decoration Co., Ltd.
Typology
Hospitality, Café, Gallery, Bar
Understory at The Spheres is a multifunctional exhibit and visitor center designed to tell the story of The Spheres, Amazon’s iconic and wholly unique insertion into the heart of Seattle. The exhibit unravels the complexity of the architecture and engineering and the very idea behind bringing people closer to nature on a daily basis in the heart of...
Project name
Understory at The Spheres
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Benjamin Benschneider
Design team
Graham Baba Architects project team: Jim Graham, Ellen Cecil, Susan Tillack, Connor Davidge, Katie Moeller. Exhibit design team: Jill Randerson Exhibit Management (project & content management), Studio Matthews (exhibition design), Belle & Wissell (multi-media design), Niteo (lighting design), Jesse Solomon Clark (composer), Olivia Knapp (illustrator), Dillon Works (exhibit fabrica-tion), Whitlock (AV integration)
Collaborators
Okano Picard Studio (architectural team members), Spearhead (pre-fabrication for custom wood ceiling and vestibule)
Interior design
Charlie Hellstern Interior Design
Typology
Commercial › Multifunctional Exhibit, Visitor Center
Golong Wormhole is an experimental space for events and exhibitions at the Golong Holdings headquarter building in Hangzhou, China. The space allows for flexible programming, while maintaining a consistent visual language that represents the inquisitive and transformative brand culture of Golong, a beauty and wellness conglomerate.
Project name
2022 Golong Wormhole
Architecture firm
PINES ARCH
Photography
BreezeImage - Guozhe
Design team
Evelyn Jingjie Wong，Shuni Wu，Jiawen Song，Ninghui Wang
Interior design
PINES ARCH
Material
GRG / Hangzhou Haozhen Building Materials Co., LTD Wall coating / Hangzhou Zhongtian Decoration Material Co., LTD Epoxy floor / Hangzhou Chenyang Floor Technology Co., LTD
Typology
Cultural, Exhibition
Grimshaw: The Eden Project endeavours to recognise our country’s heritage of plant exploration while simultaneously looking to the future. This has been successfully achieved through the transformation of a place of relative anonymity into an impressive multi-functional site with visitor experience at its core.
Project name
The Eden Project
Architecture firm
Grimshaw
Location
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Photography
Hufton + Crow
Principal architect
Nicholas Grimshaw
Landscape
Land Use Consultants
Structural engineer
Anthony Hunt Associates
Environmental & MEP
Arup, BDSP Partnership
Construction
Cladding: Arup Facade Engineering
Client
Eden Project Limited
Typology
Arts Culture and Exhibition Halls
To introduce this meeting of culture, aoe created a Cultural Exchange City Reception Center in the city where it all begun. The marriage of the Italian and Sino style was at the heart of the project to illustrate the cultural mix and was adapted to merge the structure and its surrounding.
Project name
Sino-Italian Cultural Exchange City Reception Center
Photography
Arch-exist Photography
Principal architect
Wen Qun
Design team
Ma Jianning, Fan Ruixue, Wang Ye, Chang Zhiyu, Pan Jichang, Li Xiangting, Lu Yu
Interior design
Zhu Dan, Du Jing, Liu Jingyi, Xue Yawen, Liu Chen
Structural engineer
CSCEC AECOM CONSULTANTS CO., LTD
Material
Low-E glass, local wood, and green roofs
Client
Tianfu Investment Group Co., LTD
Typology
Cultural › Exhibition
The Leonardo Glass Cube in Bad Driburg was designed by the German design studio 3deluxe and celebrated its opening in March 2007. After numerous innovative temporary design projects and architectural concepts, the Glass Cube is the first permanent building 3deluxe was able to realize.
Project name
Leonardo Glass Cube
Architecture firm
3Deluxe
Location
Bad Driburg, Germany
Photography
Dynamic Forms / Martin Foddanu Photography
Lighting
Licht & Gestaltung Schiefer GmbH
Construction
Metallbau Renneke
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Client
Glaskoch B. KOCH JR. GMBH & CO. KG
Typology
Exhibition Center
Zaha Hadid Architects announced winner of the design competition to build Phase II of the International Exhibition Centre in Beijing. As the cultural, academic and civic centre of China, Beijing has also developed into one of the world’s centres of communication and scientific research.
Project name
Beijing’s International Exhibition Centre, China
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Patrik Schumacher, Eduardo Camarena, Enoch Kolo, Che-Hung Chien, Felix Amiss, Genci Sulo, I-Chun Lin, Jiaxing Lu, Juan Liu, Mariana Custodio dos Santos, Meng Zhao, Michael On, Nastasja Mitrovic, Nicolas Tornero, Ying Xia, Zheng Xu
Visualization
Atchain, Slashcube, Brick Visual
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max , V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Cultural › Exhibition
Designed by Iranian architecture firm Mehrdad Iravanian Architects, Green Land complex is a multifunctional convention center facility with about 46,178.7 m² area offering entertainment, clubs, lounges, shops, indoor and outdoor activities.
Project description by architect:
Laid on hillsides...
