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Atrium garden discussion area

The reception hall is a ecological the decorative carpet below, these echo
miniature of a “city rainforest” where the natural theme. It’s like rowing a Hall of time
the picturesque disorder of bamboo small boat. When you look up, there is
forests, banyan trees, plantains, and other sunshine; when you bow, the water is full
fresh green plants, and the low shrubs, of reeds. It’s like walking slowly along the
wooden negotiation tables, and chairs bank of a river, having a Utopian holiday,
have formed a longitudinally extending or watching the sunset in the desert.
“indoor rainforest”, which incorporates
the organic combination of indoor, Science and Humanities
landscape and incorporates design. Courtyard without disturbance, quiet
Looking up to the top, the suspended cut room full of tranquility
pine and cypress trees remind the visitors to There is a ladder book bar on the left
be in awe, and to nature. It is also a reminder side of the reception hall. The floor-to-
that, in this busy life, we need to nourish ceiling glass introduces natural light,
our spiritual self with sunlight, springs and which increases the permeability, allowing
trees. The corridor continues in the natural readers to be in the “golden house” and
ecological style, with logs, green plants, and enjoy a quiet reading time.
undulating trees to enrich the spatial levels. The bookshelf wall between the bar
The covering glass dome draws light into and the corridor is a humanistic door that
the room and illuminates the atrium, which can trace the origins. The designer has
emphasizes the landscape of transition from borrowed concept of the Yinchuan City
the outside to the inside. Water Tunnel Ruin here to tell people of
Step out of the “rain forest” and walk into the prosperous and historical heritage of
the sand table display area, where the small ancient Yinchuan 30,000 years ago, with
natural ecological landscape and stone walls the “sealed” animal fossil specimens which
highlight the key points of the space. are made with resin and iron.
There is no dramatic lighting or any In the dining area, continuous arched
other installations. Take the soft film elements bring a sense of exoticism,
ceiling above the sand table to focus reflecting the harmony, communication,
the light, and the evergreen moss as and warmth of the space.

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