Golden A' Design Award Winner 2020
Creative Group's Recreation Space deploys the ascending staircase as archetypal threshold symbol, invoking ancient associations of elevation with aspiration, achievement, and transcendence between experiential states. The spiral or curved path carries universal resonance across cultures as journey motif, suggesting transformation through movement and the liminal passage between ordinary and extraordinary realms. Translucent illuminated marble activates alchemical symbolism of base matter transformed through light, the stone becoming vessel for radiance rather than mere structural support. The suspended botanical elements invoke garden archetypes, paradise imagery, and the hanging gardens tradition, positioning the space as cultivated sanctuary removed from mundane concerns. Water symbolism through sculptural splash forms and blue light accents introduces purification, renewal, and celebratory abundance associations, water being universally linked to life force and emotional depth. The copper-rose metallic tones carry warmth symbolism and precious material coding, while the cool grey stone grounds the space in geological permanence and natural authenticity. Numerological significance may reside in the visible step count and the triangular champagne pyramid configurations, triangles traditionally representing aspiration, harmony, and dynamic stability. The glass balustrade transparency suggests openness, clarity, and contemporary values of lightness and visual permeability. Compositional hierarchy places the illuminated pathway as central symbolic element, literally the enlightened path, while surrounding darkness represents mystery yet to be revealed. The integration of living plants with constructed luxury materials embodies contemporary yearning to reconcile human achievement with natural vitality, suggesting spaces where cultivation enhances rather than supplants organic presence.
Combines Eastern and Western techniques and redefines the social and entertainment space in the new era. Golden Age specialized in function of recreation area, with variety of age of Client in Shanghai, it shows how designers care about the route, the usage of space. With Combination in two cultural background in Shanghai, the space reflects the needs of modern lifestyle.