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ARCHITECTURE
Chris Shao Studio
INTERIOR
Shu Tian Design
PHOTOGRAPHY
Boris Shiu
EDITOR
Gina
Collection

The whistle sound along the Huangpu River awakens the city's memory, and the river water reflects the interweaving of industrial chimneys and neon lights. Shanghai has transformed from the "largest commercial port in the Far East" into an international metropolis, where time has become a dialogue spanning centuries.Following the Hongkou Hong 'anli and Jing 'an North Railway Station projects, China Merchants Shekou has launched the third landmark work of the "Jianghe Sanli" series in Yangpu Riverside - Tong 'anli. This project is located in the core area of historical protected buildings and is the first high-end style pure villa area along the Yangpu riverside. Relying on its real estate strength, China Merchants Group, with a history of over a hundred years, leads urban renewal and historical preservation.

The 15.5-kilometer-long Yangpu Riverside carries the origin of Shanghai's industrial civilization and bears the footprints of cultural celebrities such as Lu Xun. The Huimin Road area where Tong 'anli is located preserves the architectural complex of Nie Family Garden, which combines Chinese and Western styles. The project is based on the concept of "Neo-Retroism", integrating elements such as ancient Roman arches and Baroque lines, and recreating the essence of Shanghai-style architecture through modern craftsmanship.

In this era, the rich colors of the Victorian era and the exquisite craftsmanship of the Art Deco period converge and blend, combined with Shanghai's inclusive and diverse cultural background, shaping a luxurious and modern temperament unique to this city.Ms. Luo Chen, the founder of Shutian Design: "Carrying history and the future, we stand beyond time and look back between history." In the 1930s, known as the golden age of "Shanghai-style modernity", Shanghai developed a unique urban culture through the coexistence of the classical and the modern. For the Tong 'anli project, we have designed soft furnishings and artistic furnishings for the 235㎡ and 305㎡ style villas." With the design concept of "Splendid Years of Splendor", Shutian Design adopts the new retro style as its design concept, reshaping the current Shanghai-style lifestyle.”

The space of this project features multiple design styles within the same system, including the rich elements of eclecticism, the luxurious texture of decorative art, and the artistic details of Chinese retro style, infusing a magnificent narrative with more depth from historical and regional characteristics. The Tong 'anli Villa project is like a timeless drama that records the history of modern aesthetics. Although under the same narrative technique, the public space and the private space present two completely different chapters.

Born beneath the hustle and bustle of the city, this Art Deco space is centered around an arc-shaped combination sofa, completely bidding farewell to the rigid layout under the inertia of modern design and making communication and interaction the core of this area. The materials of coffee tables and single chairs are diverse, such as the spiral curve representing the golden ratio, which leads the perfect combination of materials in the space from the macroscopic facade and plane to the microscopic fabric and inlay. The restaurant continues the classic Art Deco aesthetics, creating a low-key yet luxurious dining atmosphere with dark green luxury stone dining tables, pearlescent chair seats and handcrafted metal chandeliers.

The reception room on the basement floor has pushed the transition rhythm between hard and soft decoration to the extreme. Each displayed exhibit is an extension of the quadrant. Their magnificence can be the focus of each dimension, yet they are also a naturally integrated whole. It is not merely about decoration; it also incorporates ingenious ideas tailored to the owner's living habits, making the soft furnishings a punctuation mark in the overall narrative, also known as elegant language to describe the narrative subject.

When the atmosphere shifts from hustle and bustle to tranquility, the personal moments are like wine, seeping into the space. The small hall for relaxation is decorated with French paintings in blue and white, breaking the boundary between three-dimensional and two-dimensional Spaces. Through the medieval Chinese chest of drawers and paintings of celadon and gold foil, one can enter the walls. The white short-pile L-shaped sofa made of woven fabric and the round coffee table are like mortise and tenon joints, opening up a corner of geometric scenery in the neat world of painting.

The secondary bedroom boldly introduces spring on the decorative level, as if stepping into a Margaret oil painting. Under the influence of the postmodern art trend, more understanding of retro and decorative art is buried like an Easter egg in the soft furnishings and furniture. The three-story study, dressing room and other Spaces better reflect the advantages of retro and eclectic aesthetics. More French elements are integrated into them, neutralizing the solemnity caused by too many medieval elements, allowing the processes of changing clothes, reading and working to take place in a relatively pure space. Artist Zhao Jiu's "Sky Blue" in space is not merely a painting on the wall; rather, the wall is striving to confine a sky that is about to burst forth.

The master bedroom space completely bids farewell to the visual perception of public Spaces such as the living room and kitchen, and instead runs away from each other. Although it continues to follow the same artistic style, it incorporates more spatial color and furnishings suitable for sleep and meditation. The attic is as quiet as a poem. The wooden beams of the pitched roof interweave elegant spatial lines. A small window is embedded in the wall, revealing the greenery of the courtyard and the distant light of the sky.

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