The project is in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. Known as 'The City of Eternal Spring,' Kunming's mild climates, millennia-old historical sites, and sublime landscapes attract millions of regional and international visitors a year. RDA’s design embraces sustainability and ecological integrations as core design principles.
Project name
OCT Headquarters Tower
Architecture firm
Rocco Design Architects (RDA)
Location
Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
Collaborators
Local Design Institute: Huasen Architecture and Engineering Design Consulting Co., Ltd. (Schematic Design), Yunnan Yi Cheng Architectural Design Co., LTD ; Building Services Engineer: Technova (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Façade Consultant: Forster Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd; Hotel Operator: Le MERIDIEN; Foundation Works: China Construction Sixth Engineering Department Co., LTD; Curtain Wall Installation: Shenzhen Pengrun Construction Group Co., Ltd.
Interior design
Wen Ge Space Design
Landscape
Sichuan De Lan Landscape Planning and Design Co., LTD
Client
Kunming Oct Investment Co. LTD
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The Furioso Vineyards project consists of the renovation and expansion of an existing winery, including the addition of a new tasting room and public amenity spaces. The original Furioso estate, located in the heart of Oregon’s wine country, was made up of a series of disconnected utilitarian structures scattered across its property, including a st...
Project name
Furioso Vineyards
Architecture firm
Waechter Architecture
Location
Dundee, Oregon, USA
Principal architect
Ben Waechter
Design team
Ben Waechter, FAIA, Design Principal. Rand Pinson, AIA, Project Architect
Interior design
Waechter Architecture
Structural engineer
Richmond So Engineers, Inc
Environmental & MEP
Interface Engineering
Lighting
Interface Engineering
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
Furioso Vineyards, Giorgio Furioso
Typology
Commercial › Winery
For this renovation project, the client wanted the new design to focus on the topic of traditional Chinese liquor. In China, alcohol is made from cereal seeds, following a traditional liquor-making process that has been used over centuries. After a careful study of this process, we created a specific architectural scenography that gives people a si...
Project name
Chinese liquor themed boutique hotel
Architecture firm
Zhijian Workshop
Location
Yan’an, Shanxi, China
Photography
Aurelien Chen, Li Xin
Principal architect
Aurelien Chen
Collaborators
Beijing Yangmei Co-creation Art Development Co., Ltd. (landscape design collaborator); Partners in charge: Aurelien Chen, Wang Ke yao;
Landscape
Beijing Yangmei Co-creation Art Development Co., Ltd.
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Client
Zuo Ke Mei Su Decoration Design Co., Ltd of Shaanxi Tourism Group
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
A Mid-Century Modern and Wabi-Sabi influenced contemporary office in Erode, Tamil Nadu that houses an heirloom textiles operation. The balmy city of Erode is the nucleus of Tamil Nadu’s thriving textile industry and is cloaked in a riot of sound and colour. The location celebrates the harmonious binary coexistence of the old and new, both tingeing...
Project name
The Mill Project
Architecture firm
Quirk Studio
Location
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Principal architect
Disha Bhavsar and Shivani Ajmera
Completion year
March 2021
Landscape
Surabhi Nursery
Civil engineer
K.K. Interior
Structural engineer
K.K. Interior
Environmental & MEP
K.K. Interior (Electrical & Plumbing)
Lighting
Lightique concept
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The project reinterprets the idea of the unfinished, in which the building had floated for years, as an interpretative key for the renovation proposal: raw materials and bare finishes meet colored and ironic elements, transparencies and slices of light, plywood birch furnishings and parts of synthetic green define a smart and welcoming work environ...
Project name
New Chemsafe Offices
Architecture firm
Archisbang
Location
Quagliuzzo, municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin (Italy)
Photography
Aldo Amoretti
Design team
Archisbang firm (Marco Giai Via, Silvia Minutolo, Alberto Perino, Alessio Lamarca) Client: Chemsafe s.r.l.
Construction
Perino Costruzioni S.r.l.
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
THE MULTILATERAL Most of employees have their own problem with workplaces ambiences, the majority of headquarters and offices does not mimic employee’s utopian microcosm which is workplaces.
Student
Abdallah Kamel Mnyawy
University
Ain Shams University
Teacher
Assoc Prof. Ayman Assem, Eng. Muhammed H. Darwish.
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Project name
THE MULTILATERAL
Status
Graduation Project
Typology
Commercial, Headquarter
Located in The Mixc World, Shenzhen, the project is a new store that Onexn Architects designed for Dishao Optical, which supplies handmade eyeglasses from multiple Japanese brands. The client asked for a novel way of expressing a Zen atmosphere in the store, and an interpretation of Oriental philosophy in a contemporary context.
Project name
Dishao Optical
Architecture firm
Onexn Architectural & Spatial Design Office (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Location
The Mixc World, Shennan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Photography
Yanming Photo
Principal architect
Wang Jingjing
Collaborators
Props: GOOPAK
Completion year
July 30, 2022
Typology
Commercial, Store
Glory Mansion is a large residential development located in the center of Jiashan, sitting at the intersection of Shiji Avenue and Jiashan Avenue. Surrounded by top commercial facilities including United City, Intime Department Store and World Expo Hotel, iconic urban spiritual landmarks like museum, library and art center, as well as several upsca...
Project name
Glory Mansion Hotel-style Entrance Lobby & Show Flat
Interior design
QIRAN DESIGN GROUP
Photography
Hanmo Vision / Xiao Si
Built area
hotel-style entrance lobby /440 m²; show flat /265 m²
Completion year
December 2021
Collaborators
Decoration design: QIRAN DESIGN GROUP
Architecture firm
Sun Tao
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
Chang Rong Real Estate
Typology
Hosipitality, Hotel-style entrance lobby, Show flat
