Mental Refuge

As a commercial space that mainly sells tobacco and alcohol, the design team imitated the functional path of the product, captured the fleeting atmosphere of tobacco and alcohol, and solidified it into a concrete spatial expression.

The building itself is an arc-shaped irregular space with multiple heavy columns distributed inside. The interior is designed based on the characteristics of the site, and the designer retains most of the original structure, using heavy columns as reference points to set up display booths. The limitations of hardware conditions are cleverly transformed into the finishing touch of artistic creation, exploring diverse possibilities in the composite layout. Functionally, it not only maximizes the display space, but also naturally forms a flow of visitors. Visually, the unshakable heavy columns are incorporated into the design, making the whole harmonious and unified.

Throughout this space, circles and rings of all sizes are scattered, both independent and interconnected, adding interest and a sense of hierarchy to the entire project. These circles contain the designer's thinking and expression of "bagelism", that is, in the current social environment, every individual is facing complex spiritual stimuli, information overload and emotional agitation, just like a donut-shaped bagel bread, seemingly substantial but hollow at its core.

The ceiling is paved with black silver mirrors, which complement the black reflective marble floor, so that the real space becomes a "interlayer" of the mirror space. In the elongated and expanded interweaving of virtual and real, in the inverted and symmetrical mirror vision, it captures and unleashes the unique charm of light and shadow, creating a slightly intoxicating feeling. The emotions under the influence of alcohol are like a calm lake disturbed by a falling fruit, with ripples slowly spreading and extending. The ring-shaped light strips embedded in the ceiling, as well as the light sources attached to the curved walls and cabinets, permeate the elegant atmosphere into the details, which just freezes this imagination about emotional fluctuations.