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Starry River CIFI Plaza

Matrix Design

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Negotiation area - Shi Xiang Wan He
Negotiation area - Shi Xiang Wan He
Corridor - Shi Xiang Wan He
Negotiation area - Shi Xiang Wan He

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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Entertainment Venue
4.93
5.20
5.00
3.96
4.77
Client
Urumqi CIFI Taihe Real Estate
Floor area
1000 ㎡
Completion
2021
Finishes

The case is located in the Dawan area sector of Urumqi's Tianshan District, close to the core area of the city, with excellent surrounding facilities and a mature living atmosphere. As the economic and cultural crossroads between East and West, Urumqi is an important city on the Eurasian continent, with a diverse landscape and enjoying strong ethnic characteristics, and is an important economic growth point in the heart of the Eurasian continent. 

The design team started from the regional nature of Urumqi, with features such as the Silk Road, traditional costumes, ethnic musical instruments and distinctive architecture being applied to the space in different modern forms in turn. The local cultural texture and choice of materials, the loading of Islamic and French styles, not only preserve the cultural identity of the city, but also pass it on to the present, giving the space the experience of a distinctive cultural hotel.

The main narrative logic of the front room is the origin of the Silk Road. When you enter the space, it is bright and grand, with art installations derived from abstract art techniques, opening up a dazzling diversity of civilisations. The sandbox space is a volume of mountains and rivers in full bloom, and the rational use of metal reveals its unique national flavour. The negotiation area uses hollowed-out expressions, with the interplay of light and shadow, to highlight the lightness of the space and the local flavour of the hotel. The use of lighting effects in the corridor, combined with the ethnic chandeliers, conveys a sense of noble luxury to visitors. The private dining area is decorated in a sophisticated way, with circular lighting on the ceiling and circular private dining tables corresponding to each other, latticed seating and natural textured flooring, a return to local culture.

 In a city where the past meets the present, the design combines traditional and modern design styles to create a new highlight of the project site area in a refreshing way, together renewing the life of Tianshan.