Cutting the wall and borrowing the view | Studio DOTCOF

This project was designed as a reception space for Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Company, to receive its premium customers. Located on the second floor of their showroom, the space was originally windowless, dark, and confined. The designer cut two long windows in the south facade to bring the view of the trees outside into the interior. The view, sunlight and air can flow and mingle between the interior and exterior. 

Visitors are welcomed from the ground floor to the second floor through a simple, lofty stairwell hung with spherical pendant lamp. Upon arrival on the second floor, the long windows of the south side lounge area bring light and views into the eye, providing a delicate balance of uplift and calm. One can take a short break and pause here before eating. The curved wall wraps around people, presenting a stable enclosed atmosphere and allowing the space to flow. The cigar room, also located on the south side, is slightly separated by a translucent wall of laminated glass, with sofas curved along the wall, allowing people to sit around facing the view and the fireplace.

Following the curved wall to the north, you reach the dining area consisting of two round tables. The round tables are one large and one small, with the larger main table separated by sliding doors, allowing the space to be divided and combined for a variety of application scenarios.

On the way to the bathroom, you will pass a small square window, through the window you can see the spherical pendant lamp in the stairwell and the path upstairs, where time and sight reunite.

In today's increasingly intelligent cars and life, smart technology has brought us undeniable convenience and speed. In the reception space of this car showroom, we expect to use green trees, sunlight, air, and simple materials to balance the exhilaration or anxiety brought by technology, and invite people in the space to feel a sense of fast and slow, and the true meaning of life. 

Project: Cutting the wall and borrowing the view --- Yanfeng Xiupu Road showroom reception space

Client: Yanfeng

Design Company: Studio DOTCOF

Design Team: Chen Xi, Li Rong, Zhuang Haolai

Structural Engineer: Pan Chao

Floral Design: Nanshan

Construction Company: Shanghai Luyuan Construction Decoration Engineering Co. Ltd.

Area: 248 sqm

Completed: 2023.04

Address: No.428 Xiupu Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, China

Photographer: LEIDU