Wonderland Huadiwan Life Centre

Guangzhou, constantly regenerating itself over thepast 100 years and envisioning of becoming a globalsuper city, has recorded and witnessed the greatprocess of urban evolution. Transportationdrives urban development. Huadiwan, as one of thefive earliest metro stations of Guangzhouconstructed over 20 years ago, is undoubtedly thebirth place of Guangzhou s miracle and also asymbolic sign of the super city dream. During thetwo decades of development, Huadiwan slowed down itspace and turned into an old memory of the supercity. How can we live up to the glory and dreamof this land? Karv One Design worked with VankeGuangzhou Wanxi Co., Ltd in the creation of thesuper city showroom for the future new city inHuadiwan as a flagship project. This project isan embodiment of the futuristic imagination of thecity life and also the opening chapter of thebranded real estate development. Urban renewal is not simply about renovating thephysical space, but more importantly, reshaping therelationship between city, space and people. How canwe define and pilot a lifestyle for the future newcity with design at a time when the old city areahas lost its vitality? City is a forest awaiting development. Only when looking back to andunderstanding the past can we better shape thefuture. Karv One Design seeks to unearth the uniquesymbol of this place and turn it into an ideal spacefor life while elevating the reputation andcommercial value of the project brand. Wonderland/Huadiwan Life Centre, located in No. 397,north of Huadi Avenue (centre of the old city), isformerly the Bo Huang International Furniture ExpoCentre (20,000 square metres). Now this area hasbecome dilapidated. The old space and businesspattern cannot meet the needs of the new generationof residents in the city or unleash its potential todeliver the imagination of people under the contextof urban renewal. It is spring all the year round in Huadi and Huajin. People are busy trading flowers everyday. As ashared geographical memory of the old residents ofGuangzhou, Huadiwan has a distinct culturallabel. The objective and challenge for theproject is to find balance between the traditionaland the modern, create rich and interestingexperience in the plain space, invent symbols ofmemory unique to the project, and build a landmarkfor the super city that will unleash the imaginationof Huadiwan to become a future city. From theperspective of refining regional cultural symbols,Karv One Design created a core image Flower·Florescence for the project this time. Flower is used as the theme image IP to design andexpress the wonderful bloom of the city. As a themeconcept element, flower is abstractly interpretedin different details of the space, forming athematic design that conveys the entire space. The design breaks the original monotonous spatialframework and reshapes the original large flat spacewith architectural techniques. Like leavesmanifesting their veins under sunlight, theseinterlaced lines symbolize the marks of life. Thedesign of this project uses tens of thousands ofdelicate wooden grilles to create the flower of thecity. Through delicate arrangement, petals ofdifferent shapes are created and finally a giantblooming flower is formed. The main reception area sets the centre for theentire space with a giant white petal shape. Thethemed ornaments and decorative walls have becomedifferent interpretations of the flower themedelements. The sunlight produces beautiful lightand shadow, creating wonderful variations in theensemble of space and nature. The semi-open sharedspace invites people to make explorations. Blue is used as the theme color to embellish thespace, interspersed in different scenes. The curvedbackground wall of the leisure area, the countlessflying butterflies on the blue petals have becomea striking highlight attracting people s attention.