Chinese studio Domani Architectural Concepts has completed a real-estate complex in Foshan, Guangdong province, featuring a facade of lattice brickwork overlooking two large circular pools intended to create a "sense of ceremony".
Called the Times I-City or TIC after its developer Times China, the complex was conceived as a "Global Maker Town" containing public showrooms, sales areas and offices alongside a public lounge, bar and children's area.
A brickwork lattice covers this real-estate complex in Foshan
Two blocks wrapped in a brickwork lattice and connected by small walkways contain these spaces, sited along the back of an extensively landscaped site featuring pools, planting, walkways and white, pillow-shaped installations by design studio A&V. "The landscape, a prelude to the building, emits a magnificent atmosphere," said Domani Architectural Concepts. "Red ceramic bricks were utilised to create a sense of ceremony and provide a clear guide towards the building for people entering the space from different directions."
This porous brick skin wraps an inner envelope of glass
"Meanwhile, the black gravel-paved garden provides a more open and freer area to stop and rest, giving visitors another option for diverse experiences," it continued.
The red brick of this landscape matches the building's facades, which are constructed using a curtain wall system of ceramic brick triangles connected by concealed aluminium fixi...