C Future LAB an experiential future
Design Journey of C Future Lab
QUAD Interiors ︳C Future Lab
As we enter into a new age where technology has progressed to a stage where it affects every facet of the way we live, work and play, architects and designers are playing a greater part in showcasing the possibilities of how we adapt to a life that incorporates these ideas. C Future Lab presents an opportunity for a unique experimental project designed to showcase Shenzhen’s C Future City – with the aim of creating a laboratory for new ideas to be tested, shared and discussed in a bid to help define the path to building the ultimate city of the future.
By combining the functions of an art gallery, co-working space, garden, discussion forum and social gathering area, each space was designed to adapt to the ever-changing functional needs of society. With a design concept based on creating a journey for visitors to embark on fuelled by curiosity and anticipation, the project provides a platform for discussion and inspiration. With QUAD studio as the main interior designer and curator, C Future Lab combines the work of a group of the most innovative designers from all corners of the world, including digital artists teamLab from Japan, landscape consultant Patrick Blanc from France, industrial designer Ross Lovegrove from the UK, and China’s exhibition specialist, Motse. In this sense, QUAD’s role is similar to a movie director or orchestral conductor, pulling together a myriad of design talent and integrating their creations into a single space.
Location : Shangsha, Shenzhen, PRC
Area : 1500m2
Client: Centralcon Group
Curator : Linus Lv (Centralcon Group)
QUAD Interior Design Team : Kelvin Chu, Wai Tang, Peter Scott, Dovile Zuokaite, Andrea Sze, Tim Ho, Yuu Yau, Sufat Su
Custom Sculpture Design : Ross Lovegrove x QUAD x NAGAMI
Green Sculpture Design : Patrick Blanc x QUAD x RFR
Digital Art : teamLab and Motse
Lighting Design : Tungsten Studio
Construction Drawings : Shenzhen Selux Art Design
All renderings : by WEDO x QUAD
All professional images by Shixiang Wanhe Media
Visitors are welcomed through what is known as a Time Passage, where Moste’s work is projected onto the walls of a tubular tunnel where automatic pivot doors open and close to control crowd flow.
The journey continues into The Cell, a one-of-its-kind living organism- type sculpture designed by Ross Lovegrove and QUAD studio, which redefines and pushes the boundaries of any conventional reception area.
On now to the Space of Imagination, which provides an exhibition space for artists and creatives alike to exhibit their works – a blank canvas of sensors and lighting.
The Creative Hub forms the centre of C Future Lab, which hosts a multifunctional 100-seat
theatre and lecture space where during normal hours Motse’s themed projections invite visitors to travel through the history of Shenzhen, from its historical background, through to the fast booming metropolis it has become onto QUAD’s vision of the future.
A suspended green ribbon sculpture known as the Hanging Garden wraps around the exhibition spaces, providing a space where technology meets nature. A collaboration between Patrick Blanc and QUAD, the structure penetrates the glass towards the exterior garden, where a grounded fishpond defines the way visitors move around the space.
Also included is the Info Labyrinth, an exhibition area surrounded by over 160 monitors where visitors are invited to experience multiple facets of QUAD’s vision of C Future City
Studio, a space for social gatherings housing a café, bar, co-working spaces and private meeting areas. Designed by Ross Lovegrove and QUAD, the 3D printed sculptural table in the centre serves as a co-working space during the day and a bar table in the evening.
Lastly, the Forum, which is designed to cater for small group presentations and discussions for up to 20 people, boasts one continuous ribbon-like projection screen that wraps around the centre stage, complete with state-of-the-art sensors controlled through gestures that link the presenter directly with their presentation and their audience.
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Centralcon Group
C Future Lab is a smart innovation platform that gathers visionary and talented teams and individuals in technology, art, design, nature and innovation. C Future Lab explores the ways to enhance new thinking and new technique of materials and ideas in accordance with the planning and operation of a modern city for a pleasant and sustainable urban living environment
Designer and manufacturer team:
QUAD Studio
QUAD studio is a group of architects, designers, and thinkers operating within the field of architecture, urbanism, interior design, landscape design, product design, research and development. QUAD studio was founded by Wai Tang, Charles Ho and Kelvin Chu in 2017, together they have over 50 years of architectural practice experience, with project footprints across continents. We believe that making architecture has no geographical boundaries. Based in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen, our focus is on a highly flexible methodological approach in designing and collaborating with leading specialists in other disciplines to design high profile projects internationally.
Ross Lovegrove
Born in Wales, Ross Lovegrove is a visionary designer whose work is considered to be at the very apex of stimulating a profound change in the physicality of our three-dimensional world. Inspired by the logic and beauty of nature his designs possess a trinity between technology, materials science and intelligent organic form, creating what many industrial leaders see as the new aesthetic expression for the 21st Century. He is graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with 1st Class BA Hons Industrial Design in 1980 and obtained Master of Design of Royal College of Art, London in 1983. He has engaged in design projects of famous brands and worked in international firms like Frog Design and Knoll International. Ross has gained numerous international awards and his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum NY, Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Design Museum, London.
Nagami
NAGAMI bring 3D printing and robotic manufacturing to large scale products and objects with a wide range of customisation possibilities. Research and innovation are at the core of thier products, developed in collaboration with internationally renowned designers, who can challenge our technology to create groundbreaking products. NAGAMI craft every detail, from the early conception of a product, to the software that allows it to come to life, exploring new ways of creating furniture and environments which push the limits of imagination to unseen territories.
MOTSE
The Headquarter of MOTSE is located in Shenzhen, Shenzhen. MOTSE is a group of artists, thinkers, creators, experimenters, practitioners who love new media art with passion. The core of the company is new media art. In public space and retail area, the public is connected by visuals, interactive experience, language of art and new media. The essential element is to create and operate new media art exhibition and commercial application themed with new media art.
Patrick Blanc
Patrick Blanc is a French botanist who works at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, where he specializes in plants from tropical forests. He is the modern innovator of the green wall, specifically, he invented the modern vertical hydroponics garden, which distinguishes it from its predecessors
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