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Karv One Design

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Functionality
Creativity
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JURY VOTES
Restaurant
5.57
5.98
5.38
5.03
5.49
Qi Wei
Qi Wei Member, Urban Renewal Professional Committee, Vanke Shanghai Area at Vanke Group
5
6
5
4
5
Michela Falcone
Michela Falcone Architect / Educator at Experimental Architecture / BNU University
5
6
5
4
5
Monica Daley
Monica Daley Creative Lead Future Projects at Drift
6
6
5.5
5
5.63
Melissa Amarelo
Melissa Amarelo Cofounder and Creative Director at Toi Toi Toi Creative Studio
5
6
5
5
5.25
Mao Hua
Mao Hua Founder at EK Design
5
5
4.5
4
4.63
Massimiliano Tosetto
Massimiliano Tosetto Managing Director at Lodes
8
6.9
6
8
7.23
Amber Feijen
Amber Feijen Spatial and Concept Designer at 5AM
5
5
4.5
4.5
4.75
Bernhard Kurz
Bernhard Kurz Founder at IFUB*
5
5
5
4
4.75
Astin le Clercq
Astin le Clercq Cofounder and Design Director at Modem
6
7
7
6
6.5
Simal Yesiltepe
Simal Yesiltepe Founder and Creative Director at Simal Yes Studio
6
7
4
5
5.5
Karen El Asmar
Karen El Asmar Architect & Interaction Designer at Tech
5
6
6
5
5.5
Britt Berden
Britt Berden Senior Creative Strategist at FranklinTill
5
6
6
4
5.25
Claudia Mazzucato
Claudia Mazzucato Associate Designer and Architect at THDP
5.88
5
5.45
5
5.33
Lisa Torreggiani
Lisa Torreggiani Partner at Monkeydu
5
5.5
5.5
5
5.25
Bob Chen
Bob Chen Founder at Bob Chen Design Office
6.21
6.3
5.68
6.03
6.06
Sophie van Winden
Sophie van Winden Director at Owl Design
6
7
6
6
6.25
Client
Landsea
Floor area
800 ㎡
Completion
2021
Social Media
Instagram
Furniture

Innovation:
Karv One Design and Landsea are trying to integrate ecology and technology in this passive building. There is no boundary inside and outside, and the sensory closure is broken. In this case, the original ideal of residence, and the poetry of life dwelling is fixed in this Chongqing forest. 

Creativity:
In the urban area of Chongqing, where the annual sunshine percentage is only 25%-35%, the light penetration on the site is the key point to be guaranteed in the design. The large-scale glass curtain wall in the main space provides the possibility for sunlight to stay on the site all day long. Drawing on the local living wisdom of Chongqing, the atrium patio has been an excellent means to maintain the illumination in the space for thousands of years. In the key staying areas, the orderly design method is continued, and the square-shaped lighting patio allows the perfect penetration of light elements. 

Through the large-scale use of hidden light strips, it balances the strong light ratio in the space and creates a transparent sense of technological atmosphere. The pro-life lighting design, such as the layered soft cloud-like acrylic lighting installation and the crystal pendant that falls like a waterfall, brings the infinite poetry of natural elements. We put the coffee seeds in the glass container, where the growth process can be clearly seen. In this case, the connection between life and technology has been interpreted in a visual way.

Functionality:
This forest restaurant has brought a comfort experience through the diversions of temperature, humidity, light. It is also a brand exhibition hall of Landsea. 

Sustainability:
Chongqing, a mountain city, and is a super city with high humidity range and has an obvious heat island effect. The external environment of high temperature and high humidity creates an overheated living experience. In this passive building with constant temperature, humidity and oxygen, Karv One Design considers from multiple dimensions such as climate, energy, architecture and human habitation. 

In Chongqing Landsea's technology system architecture, it tries to solve three core issues: How to convey the city's demands for sustainability? How to create peak experience in this technology system architecture? How to transform the client’s green technology into perceptible symbols? Based on the innate life connection between human beings and nature, Karv One design allows natural elements to circulate in the design of the space. Natural lighting, ventilation and light-shadow effects, establish a visual connection in a unified form, bringing a green apocalypse to this passive building rooted in Chongqing.