The Arcade Hangzhou Conference Center, China convention venue design, Modern Chinese Superimpose Architecture photos
The Arcade Hangzhou Conference Center
19 Aug 2022
The Arcade
Design: Superimpose Architecture, The Netherlands / China
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, East China

Photos by Wu Qingshan
The Arcade Hangzhou, China – Conference Center
How can a dark basement of a commercial mixed-use development be transformed into a warm and pleasant conference center that appeals to a young, trendsetting customer target group" Creating this interior design project ?The Arcade? in Hangzhou presented Superimpose Architecture with that as its main design challenge.

To address the conference center’s imminent daylight issue, Superimpose Architecture incorporated key features of a traditional shopping arcade; a once successful architectural retail and public space typology that flourished in Europe from the 18th to the 20th century. These arcades consist a series of arches supported by a colonnade with retail shop fronts on both sides. Natural daylight penetrates through glass skylights creating a pleasant and protected indoor retail environment and social gathering space.
In the conference center, two long linear ?floating? acrylic ceiling boxes with artificial light resemble the glass skylights of the shopping arcade and mimic the color and intensity of natural daylight along the two main circulation axes. The light boxes also have an immediate visual im...