HomePark Chengdu

Global architecture, design, and strategy firm CallisonRTKL, known as CRTKL, recently completed HomePark Chengdu, the latest food market within the Chengdu Joy City shopping center. Inspired by Along the River During the Qingming Festival, one of China's most renowned paintings, CRTKL modeled the food market to exemplify a modern twist on a lifestyle from over 3,000 years ago. The spatial layout evokes the riverside snack stalls along the gondola canal and the various residential houses in the lively ancient town. Artistic cloud patterns run across the walls, which are covered in poetry that records the lost art of children reciting poems with their elderly relatives. Block-printed banners pay tribute to vendor signs from 3,000 years ago, showing open-air produce stalls with fruits and vegetables in locally made baskets. The design of HomePark Chengdu blends the essence of Chinese history with modern elements, making historical town life relevant to contemporary living. As flexible hospitality approaches enter the food hall domain, HomePark Chengdu demonstrates how traditional market culture can be reimagined for a modern retail environment. The project by CRTKL creates a dining destination that is both culturally rooted and contemporary, blending food, art, and history into a unique market experience.