The Park Yanping Road, Shanghai Retail Interior, Shanghai Commercial Project, Chinese Architecture Images
The Park Yanping Road in Shanghai
2 Aug 2021
Architects: AIM Architecture
Location: Shanghai City

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors Showroom Complex
AIM ? in the The Park Yanping Road, reimagines and recreates ordinary items, blurring indoor and outdoor boundaries

Interiors are not simply staged scenes behind closed doors. At AIM, we believe a good interior can be a catalyst for change. It is rooting itself in the urban fabric, creating life and influencing city culture.

In the PARK Yanping Road presents this integration of life, local character, and street culture, blurring indoor and outdoor boundaries. Unlike the current trend of centralizing social life around The CBD, the PARK Mall, hidden within a bustling Jing?an city block, brings a new form of mini department store.
The brand seeks its products broadly, without pretense. It calls to mind a modern-day Wunderkammer, where various objects and artifacts are stored, admired, and celebrated for their eclectic-ness and rarity.

Initially not connected, the main space has three floors, high ceilings, and a forest of columns. We were strongly inspired by traditional Chinese parks, where winding paths lead the visitor to secluded areas. The result is a voluptuous staircase and walkway that claims the space and spills out to a suspended pond midheight.

The materials and furniture speak to the relationship between n...