The project is located on the eighth floor of Deji Plaza Phase II, it is originally an ordinary passage connecting with the Deji Art Museum. The owner hopes to renovates the passageway into a casual, elegant and unmanned leisure bar space to perfectly embed into the artistic atmosphere of the floor. Therefore, the designer pays homage to the Impressionist approach and transforms the space into a miniature art museum.
The passageway is reconfigured into a semi-open gallery layout, which is then divided into various functional areas. The designer uses pure white columns to simulate the growing branches of the buttonwood trees, which are ubiquitous in Nanjing. The upper end blends into the white ceiling in a gentle curve, like a splash of water on a lake. The lower end spreads out into a cloud-like one-piece bar counter and long seating area, a soft visual sensation that nourishes the consumer's sense of tranquility and relaxation.
The bar counter and seating area are integrated with built-in bins to maintain a clean and uncluttered atmosphere. The small size of the white round bars and macaroon chairs makes them easy to move in operation. The neatly arranged, staggered branches of the buttonwood trees present a layered scenery. Due to the insufficient area of the initial wall, the designer created a curved wall around it, and the gap in between becomes the warehouse, thus solving the problem of insufficient space for the bar area.
On the white wall, colorful pick-up containers like puzzles piecing together into a giant painting. The colors are divided and then woven into the painting with separate brushstrokes. Stepping back a few yards, the gradient colors suddenly fall into right place, the impression of the painting refracting through the hazy texture with the light. Higher grids that are difficult to reach are cleverly used as concealed air return outlet or simply as windows for display.
For the sake of consistency, the adjacent washrooms are also included in the theme design. Delicate doorway sculptures of Athena and the Thinker hang on the wall at the entrance to the washroom. The designer made clever use of the twists and turns of space to retain the privacy of the interior. The door pillars and washbasins have a soft curvature, which is in line with the aesthetics of the retail area. The men's and women's rooms are in different primary colors, with meandering reds and blues painting an abstract and comfortable field on a white background.
The designer uses art to create a distinctive conceptual space, with a composite approach that gives the space a more varied function and meaning. By exploring the extraordinary in the ordinary and revealing the hidden romance of life, the space invites people to stop, rest, observe and feel.