Brilliant Prospect, Shijiazhuang Commercial Building, China, Architecture Images
Brilliant Prospect in Shijiazhuang
12 Jan 2021
Brilliant Prospect
Design: Guangzhou GBD Design
Location: Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, North China
Brilliant Prospect Developed by China Overseas Land & Investment

People bring warmth to a particular space, while the space provides people with shelter and memories. Essentially, architecture supplies people with a ?foothold of existence?.

The Existence of a City Depends on Memory
By naming the project in Chinese after the ?Nanjing Brocade? ?a traditional article famous for its cloud-like colors and intricate patterns, China Overseas Land & Investment pays homage to the heritage of a city, the place where the best fabrics in the country are produced: the ?Fifth Cotton Mill?.
The mill has been a part of Chinese culture for generations, it is the prime example of how space can become a symbolic memory. Such is the connection between the mill, the city and society, a dialogue between architecture, space and people.
The space feels as if the designer had arranged a carrier inside a glass box to generate fluid forms and dynamic sculptures resembling the sinuous shapes of the Nanjing brocade or extensive sand dunes that transform time into organic musical patterns.

In Art, Past and Present Overlap while the Old and the New Establish a Unique Dialogue.
The designer takes elements from nature and memory and twists them into threads that weave...