Gaoxingli Insun Cinema and Coffee Bar, Haikou – China

Haikou is an island in China, it’s situated on the north coast of Hainan Island, the South China Sea is around the island. We wanted to create something related to the ocean because Haikou is surrounded by the ocean, but we wanted to create something unique and we didn’t want to use the color blue like the ocean, so we decided to use the brick material for the theme of our design. Because bricks are made of sand which lay on the beach. This is timeless, just as bricks can be used to create beautiful and durable spaces. In this cinema there is sun that shines in. There aren’t many cinemas with windows that allow the sun to shine in. We precisely placed bricks to look like waves, these waves layered in such a way where you can see them all from any angle. All the skillfully positioned lights that hide themselves in the nook, and the air vent that you can only notice if you look up. If you looked at it from a certain angle the pieces of brick were placed so no piece would be the same length. Moving on you could see tables and chairs arranged with the tips of waves and curved ends flaring out like a bell. While the bricks walked up to make walls, painted with shades of topaz. If you observed the bricks in great detail, they were rough on the surface, but the atmosphere is softer than you imagine. The bricks are carefully rearranged like the books of the midnight library. Lights echoing onto them preventing those to trip, all of this isn’t just for the aesthetic, it’s done to prevent damage to guests and visitors. If you look around you can see the waves that turn into countertops and booths, with all curves swooping in different directions. In the first auditorium you could see the blinding colors swooping around the walls. The colors and texture could be sensed from any room around. The dimensional fabric was cut in such a way where it looked like a fresh piece of wood, they were overlapped with colors that connected to the lobby outside. The warmth of the chairs arranged in the chosen pattern that look like a florist’s atelier with a faint scent of lavender and peonies. We wanted to make waves with colors that aren’t original, with ingredients that aren’t simple.