Yun Xi Ting Center

Residential hub, Shenzhen

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Yun Xi Ting Center

Residential hub, Shenzhen

The common spaces of the Yun Xi Ting Center in Shenzhen are developed as a fluid and immersive environment, designed as a reception hall and protected plaza for a residential complex of two towers of 30 stories each.

The intervention transforms the lobby into a valuable, enveloping, and dynamic space where reception, sales, and display dialogue with the prototype offices and apartments, creating a place for socializing, meeting, and public enjoyment in a high-density urban context.

Key data

Location Varna, Bulgaria Year 2015 Area 29.600 m² Client Municipality of Varna

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Founding Partners Michele Molè and Susanna Tradati Design lead Alessandra Giannone Design team Paolo Greco, Paolo Maselli, Giuseppe Zaccaria

Status

Competition

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Location Shenzhen, China Year 2019 Area 1.800 m² Client Private Contractor Huge rock design (general contractor) Photography Lvfeng Photography, Chen Weizhong

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Founding Partners Michele Molè and Susanna Tradati Design lead Alessandra Giannone Design team Paolo Maselli, Claudia Ricciardi, Marco Tanzilli, Giuseppe Zaccaria

Status

Built

Fluid space and sculptural form

The interior environment is conceived as a hollowed-out space with curved surfaces made of down panels that recall the shape of a suspended cave. The spatial composition evokes water as a metaphor for origin and movement, transforming the hall into a continuous and surprising interior landscape.

Enclosed square and collective interaction

The lobby takes on the function of an internal distributive plaza, a meeting point and relationship between the building’s different functions.

Spatial continuity allows for the coexistence of commercial, exhibition and residential activities, with open pathways that encourage flow and sociality, reinterpreting the lobby as the urban heart of the complex.

Sensory experience and perception of space

Alternating solids and voids, transparent materials, and curved surfaces create a dynamic visual rhythm, guiding the visitor through sequences of open and intimate spaces.

The suspended effect and fluidity of volumes transform the hall into a sculptural environment, where light and materials define the atmosphere and perception of the place.