Chinese retails are undoubtedly the most striking and status quo challenging spaces within the industry today. The Neobio Family Park, designed by X+Living, is located in Hangzhou, one of the trendiest and most popular shopping and leisure areas in the Binjiang District.
And speaking trends, there are many projects on the market now where playfulness is the key issue behind the initial and final process as a trigger for adults, children, parents and children specifically, geeks and fashionistas.
Before the construction, the developer removed all the structure present on this floor and permitted the designers to make use of the entire atrium space. This decision allowed the design office to reformulate the entire floor and create a space that integrates entertainment and education activities.
According with Chief Designer Li Xiang, for the interior design, X+Living focused on coordinated integration of a certain color palette and shapes composition and not a specific style interpretation. The studio drew inspiration from both abstract scenario modes as well as the natural views of the riverside location of the project.
A playful, “Alice in Wonderland” atmosphere defines the whole experience. The Hangzhou Neobio Family Park, divided into four main areas, combines functions for entertainment, education and rest during parent-child activities. Such division took into account age groups, interests and behaviors of kids.
All pictures by Shao Feng.
The creative approach used in the atrium creates a space full of vitality and interactivity, and more importantly, improves the overall aesthetic quality of the shopping mall by the addition of distinctive details. In the reading area, designers presents a spectacular scene, where a rainbow and clouds give life to an abstract composition of wonder and magic. Here, the structures can be served as bookshelves and at the same time allow kids to enjoying climbing and going through holes.
Instead, giant, stone-liked objects compose a virtual town for children in the occupational experience area. Despite the project was defined as a parent-child activity center, X+Living embedded also water play area and party rooms into the space.
At the core of X+Living design for the Neobio Family Park lies the idea of maximizing the space and optimizing the experience for consumers, something they obtained by re-thinking the main and auxiliary circulations of the first floor. All the furniture and lamps were specially designed and processed for the project, which ensured all the structures and colors were perfectly matched.
The newly launched Neobio Family Park is not only a combination of functions and aesthetics, but more importantly an experimental design that explores the layout of shopping malls in the future. If you haven’t read it yet, check also our post about HeyShop store in Shanghai, the offline elegant and futuristic store that embodies the retail of the current online shopping era.
