Vanke Violet Palace Sales Center

This interior photograph presents a double-height commercial space featuring a large illuminated sculptural fish suspended from a dark reflective ceiling. Beginning with the dominant sculptural element at center, a luminous fish form approximately four to five meters in length floats horizontally within the atrium space, its body constructed from what appears to be woven natural fibers or translucent paper stretched over a delicate framework that glows warmly from internal lighting like a giant paper lantern. The fish displays an elongated body with overlapping scale patterns visible through its translucent skin, a rounded head with delicately rendered circular eye, and flowing whisker-like filaments trailing from its chin and from behind its gills, while similar streaming appendages extend from its tail region, creating an impression of gentle movement through water. The creature's coloration appears as warm cream and soft amber where light passes through its translucent surface, darker where the internal structure creates shadows. Surrounding this central sculpture, the environment features warm honey-toned wooden shelving systems that create a grid pattern across the back wall, organized in rectangular compartments with black metal framework creating contrast against the pale wood, some compartments holding books or objects. The ceiling above reflects like dark water, appearing almost black with a glossy mirror finish that doubles the image of the fish and the constellation of small recessed lights embedded throughout, creating an effect like stars or bubbles. The foreground includes a horizontal surface at waist height finished in light wood, upon which sits a shallow dark bowl containing a small moss garden with miniature sculptural elements. To the right, a partition of vertically ribbed translucent glass filters natural light from windows beyond, creating soft striped patterns. The lower level visible through the railing features additional shelving, reading areas, and planted greenery, suggesting a library-like atmosphere throughout.

Vanke Violet Palace Sales Center is located in Changchun, China, with a spatial area of 825 square meters. The design team has introduced the oriental rhythm of between the mountains and the water and reconstructed the oriental Zen feeling with a contemporary texture. The choice of materials was made using wood veneer and rock slabs and inkstone, aiming to enhance the rustic atmosphere of the space. While the interior of the space is simplified by the overlapping folding beam form, which alludes to the prosperous village of Ten Mile.