Chengdu, China
Kris Lin International Design introduces the philosophical thought in the oriental culture of Square Sky and Circle Earth, through the construction of a sales office in a residential area.
The ‘Circle’ project was recently awarded with a 2020 International Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The overall exterior wall is square and facing the sky while a circle mould facing the earth is made in the interior space, which forms the concept of Square Sky and Circle Earth.
Square Sky and Circle Earth Circle is the knowledge of Taoism.
It means to make changes to conform to the trend.
Square is the ideality for the personality cultivation of the Confucianists.
One’s application of knowledge should be flexible, and one’s behavior should conform to the ethics.
The combination of circle and square together with the complementation of Confucianism and Taoism, form the core spirit of Chinese traditional culture.
With the application of the concept of Square Sky and Circle Earth, the project extracts the two elements of square sky and circle earth and apply them into architecture and interior design by a modern design approach.
The overall building is in the shape of the square to show the beauty of the square facing the sky, while the interior is designed in a circle to show the beauty and softness of the circle facing the earth.
These both show the relation between Square Sky and Circle Earth and form a perfect combination of hard and soft in the overall architecture space.
Forty types of circles in different sizes are applied to form the overall interior space layout.
The sand table in the center of the building is the biggest circle in the whole building.
Starting from the center circle, there are scatter out circles in different sizes to complement the whole interior space while forming a complete and dimensional space with other function area such as the VIP meeting area.
A main light is set in the big circle in the center of the building.
It pours down like a waterfall of light and becomes the visual center and luminous point of the whole building.
Transparent wired glass is used in the interior cone of the steel structure.
This shows a visual effect which has certain space boundary but very transparent.
Project: Circle
Architects: Kris Lin International Design
Design Team: Kris Lin and Jiayu Yang
Client: COFCO Property
General Contractor: Chengdu Zhongjin Shu MAO Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Photographer: Kris Lin
