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Key Dates

20 Mar -Launch Deadline
19 Jun -Standard
11 Dec -Extended Deadline
14 Dec -Judging
17 Dec -Winners Announced
Wednesday, 10 December 2025 00:09 local time

CHENGDU ELEGANT FORTUNE (EXHIBITION CENTER)

CDHT INVESTMENT / DAS Design Co.,Ltd | Interior Design - International Sales Center

 
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Project Commissioner

CDHT INVESTMENT

Project Creator

DAS Design Co.,Ltd

Project Overview

With "the seed" as the design core, we turn its germination, growth and forestation into spatial order—embodying the "from one tree to a forest" planning concept."Growth" permeates the design. Guided by "culture as root, growth as vein, art as soul", the project integrates Chengdu's culture with modern life, creating a high-end luxury art community with "unique urban character".

Residents experience ancient Shu's profound heritage in modern life, alongside an international lifestyle, fulfilling the contemporary residential ideal: "Let the city retain memories, let people hold nostalgia".

Team

Project Brief

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Integration into Soft Decoration: ICH crafts such as Shu brocade, silver filigree, lacquerware, and mother-of-pearl inlay are incorporated into soft decoration. For instance, the patterns of Shu brocade are continued on furniture screens, artworks adopt the lacquerware and silver filigree craftsmanship, and mother-of-pearl inlay is used for the decoration of private banquet halls.

Extraction of Local Symbols: Taking "seed/growth" as the super symbol, four major design threads are derived, including "Seed of Time · Forest of the Future" and "All Things Grow · Language of Giant Trees". Meanwhile, local symbols such as Chengdu hibiscus, Bashu characters, and scrolls are implanted to strengthen the cultural recognition of the space.

Material Combination: Materials such as wood veneer, stone, marble onyx, metal, leather, and fiberglass are selected to balance the warm and natural texture with the exquisite and high-end style. Examples include the metal + sandstone wall lamp in the front hall and the metal and scroll-shaped artworks in the sand table area.

Project Need

The life-oriented integration of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) crafts breaks the traditional model of exhibition hall-style display of ICH culture. It deeply integrates ICH crafts such as Shu brocade, silver filigree, lacquerware, and mother-of-pearl inlay into soft decoration details, realizing the transformation of traditional culture from a "symbol" to an integral part of "daily life". This provides a replicable implementation paradigm for the cultural empowerment of real estate projects.

Abandoning the limitation of the traditional elevated floor as a "single-function area", the project creates three major themed scenarios: Queen's Life Gallery (reception and tea tasting), Learning Center (all-age education), and Children's Fun Workshop (growth and recreation). It achieves the integration of composite functions of "social interaction + education + parent-child activities", upgrading the elevated floor from a "transitional space" to a community "vitality hub". This offers an innovative template for the functional upgrading of public spaces in high-end communities.

Design Challenge

The material combination balances "warm and gentle texture" with "high-end style": natural materials such as wood veneer and marble onyx are selected to convey a sense of comfort, while materials like metal, leather, and fiberglass are paired to highlight exquisite and luxurious attributes. In terms of color, neutral colors such as beige, gray, and coffee serve as the base, accented with Shanghai-style colors like deep blue and dark green. This not only aligns with the modern aesthetic of the target clientele but also creates a relaxed vacation atmosphere through low-saturation tones.

To enhance cultural attributes, customized exclusive materials have been created, including illuminated marble onyx ancient tree screens (integrating lacquerware, mother-of-pearl inlay, and rock color painting techniques) and metal sandstone wall lamps (reproducing seed texture). This not only satisfies the clientele's pursuit of "scarcity" but also boosts the project's market competitiveness through customized products.

Sustainability

In public spaces, durable materials such as stone, metal, and fiberglass are prioritized to reduce the frequency of replacements in later stages. A large number of natural materials including green plant landscaping, moss micro-landscapes, and snow wave stones are incorporated to soften the space through natural elements, thereby reducing the use of artificial decorative materials.

Artworks adopt a modular design (such as metal sculptures and acrylic picture frames) and can be updated in accordance with community cultural activities. The tables and chairs in the learning center of the elevated floor can be flexibly combined (to accommodate individual study, salons, and parent-child activities) and can be reused in community public spaces, realizing the cross-scenario reuse of resources.


Interior Design - International Sales Center

Open to all international projects this award celebrates innovative and creative building interiors, with consideration given to space creation and planning, furnishings, finishes, aesthetic presentation and functionality. Consideration also given to space allocation, flow, building services, lighting, fixtures, flooring, colours, furnishings and surface finishes.  <div><b> </b></div>
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