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
If the elevator lobby is any indication, the injection of a bit of fantasy into the lobby was badly needed Well done!
neat!
nice concept.
Love the last pic.
The contrast of exterior/interior is awesome.
Marvelous!! Love it!!.
WONDERFUL!
VERY NICE !
WHERE CAN I BUY IT ?
How is it made..?!
easy to clean… I bet not!
Built Architecture at las! Better than 3d models
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Great!
Simple, inventive and beautiful !!!
For sure it’s not easy to clean, but who cares???
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wow. this is awesome.. no fancy shapes but very interesting.
why don’t the designer just get a wall and plant it with REAL plants?
vidal i totally agree. only dick asses do cleaning…
tell us about the material and the building process
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?
great!
I find, there are some process pictures in the designer’s website, very interesting!
http://www.a-asterisk.com/hgi.html
what is the material?????
It is very impressive to me~!
beautiful leafy wall makes inside warm and soft.
abolutely and simply great!!!
Great lighting
looks like a sketchy plaster mould, tho the finishing looks great.
cleaning is cheap in Shanghai !
the pattern looks great, beauty surface!!!
Free Tibet. hahahah.
did someone spell jean nouvel….in abu dhabi?
I live in Shanghai,
Anybody knows the address?
Would love to visit