Architect Nobuhiro Nakamura of A-Asterisk has completed Leafy Shade, an interior design for an office building in Shanghai, China.
The lobby of the building - formerly a hotel - features a domed space with a leaf pattern to resemble a forest.
Nakamura is a Japanese architect based in Shanghai.
Here’s some info from Nobuhiro:
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LEAFY SHADE
FOREST IN THE OFFICE BUILDING
It is an interior design project for an office building which was renovated from an old hotel.
There are some space problems as using office. For example, the entrance hall was too small, and some common spaces was too dark.
So, we created a forest in the office building to make an impression of large and cozy space.
Project name: LEAFY SHADE
Location: SHANGHAI CHINA
Principle use: OFFICE, SHOPPINGMALL
Total floor area: 4000sqm
Design period: Aug. 2005 – Dec. 2006
Construction period: Nov. 2006 – Feb. 2008
Client; HAITAI REAL ESTATE
Architect; NOBUHIRO NAKAMURA (A-ASTERISK)
Signage designer: YUTAKA MAEDA (UJI DESIGN)
Lighting designer: MASAHIDE KAKUDATE
(BONBOLI LIGHTING ARCHITECTS & ASSOCIATES)
Collabolator: TSUTOMU FUJIOKA (A-I-SHA ARCHITECTS)
Constructor: SHEN ZHEN MEISHU CONSTRUCTION
Photographer: SYUHEI KAIHARA
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
August 25th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
If the elevator lobby is any indication, the injection of a bit of fantasy into the lobby was badly needed Well done!
August 25th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
neat!
nice concept.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Love the last pic.
The contrast of exterior/interior is awesome.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Marvelous!! Love it!!.
August 25th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
WONDERFUL!
August 25th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
VERY NICE !
WHERE CAN I BUY IT ?
August 25th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
How is it made..?!
August 25th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
easy to clean… I bet not!
August 25th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Built Architecture at las! Better than 3d models
August 25th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
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Great!
Simple, inventive and beautiful !!!
For sure it’s not easy to clean, but who cares???
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August 26th, 2008 at 2:12 am
wow. this is awesome.. no fancy shapes but very interesting.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:00 am
why don’t the designer just get a wall and plant it with REAL plants?
August 26th, 2008 at 7:29 am
vidal i totally agree. only dick asses do cleaning…
August 26th, 2008 at 8:56 am
tell us about the material and the building process
August 26th, 2008 at 9:14 am
oh boys thinking about cleaning…
with an air compressor you can start to blow away the dust, and then all the rest to make it shiny
no?
August 26th, 2008 at 11:22 am
great!
I find, there are some process pictures in the designer’s website, very interesting!
http://www.a-asterisk.com/hgi.html
August 26th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
what is the material?????
August 27th, 2008 at 7:41 am
It is very impressive to me~!
beautiful leafy wall makes inside warm and soft.
August 27th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
abolutely and simply great!!!
August 28th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Great lighting
looks like a sketchy plaster mould, tho the finishing looks great.
cleaning is cheap in Shanghai !
August 28th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
the pattern looks great, beauty surface!!!
August 28th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Free Tibet. hahahah.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
did someone spell jean nouvel….in abu dhabi?
April 27th, 2009 at 7:30 am
I live in Shanghai,
Anybody knows the address?
Would love to visit