For this project, CRLand hired anySCALE to transform the former China Resources Hotel into an office building space which could attract a start-up media company as a leasee. The client specified that this design transition embody a new media communication office concept while retaining a semblance of the prior hotel atmosphere. In response, we created the design theme of ‘visible sound’ which the overall project was based on.
To achieve this theme of ‘visual sound’, we first made sound waves appear in a visual digital form, then translated that effect through the use of a continuous undulating array of lights which appear to be rising from where the wooden floor and walnut walls intersect. In addition, we used black and white colors with dark wood trim to create a stable and modern dominant tone in striking contrast to the exhibition space.
As a clever solution to technical problems in the renovation, an X-shaped solid steel support beam surrounded by reinforced concrete was put to use as a magnificent focal point for the entire display.
