The City Skyline of Shanghai is the origin and the purpose of the project. Facing the urban immensity, the large space of the project needed to be partioned in 11 niches and 2 floors to give the project a necessary human measure. The scenery is treated as contiguous spectacles: each room offers a different point of view such as multiple shows revealing the urban drama throughout a large screen.

2 floors 2 ambiances

As the Main floor is referring to an aristocratic living room with Louis XIV inspired chairs and tables, old portraits and mirrors standing above the side furniture to help the service, the Mezzanine is drawn as a succession of semi public and private salons. It alternates between areas opened on the main corridor, intended as “deambulatoirs” commonly used as chatting corridors in a theater. Then the private “loges” contain a unique view on the city, offering the required intimacy with curtains delimitating the urban show.

Interior Architecture & Decoration

The metaphor of the Theater is the overall thematic. Treated as successive Opera niches, the different spaces have different themes, related to French famous Theater plays. From Molière to Victor Hugo, different époques are represented with objects and figures from the time. Boudoirs, Curtains, Balconies, Coursives, all elements from the theater are represented in the overall composition.