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Gatherings | Guangzhou: Back to the Earth
At the Guangzhou CBD Fair in July 2024, Tang Chung Han designed a pavilion themed on the earth for MACIO's premium custom line. Timber texture, geometric lines and quiet white walls; amid the crowds, Dak Haan's Half-Hundred% Lounge Chairs and Xiaoyuan Lounge Chairs left a few places to sit down.
From 8 to 11 July 2024, the China Building Decoration Fair (Guangzhou) ran for four days. MACIO's "Terre" pavilion for its premium custom line was designed by Tang Chung Han, founder and design director of Design Apartment (近境制作). On the first day alone it welcomed more than eight thousand visitors.
Taking the earth as his starting point, Tang used the texture and grain of timber to bring back natural tones, and geometric lines to create a sense of order, giving a temporary trade-fair building a steady kind of life. Several of the places to sit in the pavilion came from Dak Haan.
01 The Pavilion | Grounded in the Earth, Back to Nature
The layout takes nature as its theme and steps outside the usual booth format. A long gallery runs between a row of timber screens on one side and tall columns on the other, like walking along the edge of a wood.
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02 Living Area | A Pair of Half-Hundred%
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At the centre of the living area, a pair of olive-green Half-Hundred% Lounge Chairs face a dark coffee table. Half-Hundred% is Zhou Anbin's 2021 design: take out the frame normally hidden inside a sofa, weave the seat and back from straps, and stand it on crossed boards. Among the timber and grey tones, the green stands out, and stays light.
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03 Beneath the Wall | Two Xiaoyuan Chairs
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A white wall, a round artwork, and beneath it two Xiaoyuan Lounge Chairs. Xiaoyuan is Zhou Anbin's 2020 design, named after Xiaoyuan New Village, the neighbourhood where he once lived. These are the upholstered version: the chair wraps you from both sides, just right for visitors who need a rest. Between the two chairs stands a black Gudun Side Table, holding a vase of greenery with room for a glass of water. Gudun takes its cue from the stone bollards on the street; it is Zhou Anbin's 2022 design.
04 Storage | Custom-Made Everyday Life
As a whole-home custom brand, MACIO brought display cabinets, a wine cabinet, a vanity and a walk-in wardrobe into the pavilion. Light strips hide beneath the shelves, and timber and stone in different shades make a home you can imagine living in.
05 A Closer Look | Half-Hundred% Lounge Chair: a chair that makes you look twice
When Zhou Anbin made the Half-Hundred% series, he wanted it to carry a strong, even contradictory, visual impact: the frame is exposed and the structure visible at a glance, so that in using it people also look twice at the world beyond their own lives, and think a little.
Over the past few years Half-Hundred% has grown into a family: lounge chair, three-seater, dining chair, screen, and an eco-stone version for outdoors (per the Dak Haan product library). The frame stays the same; change the colour of the straps and the character changes with it.
In the Terre pavilion the straps chosen were olive green, set against the pavilion's timber and grey. Tired visitors reaching the living room can spot a seat at a glance.
Prototyping: this batch in the workshop uses green straps, woven fairly tightly, the colour and the density of the crossings clear from the side. From the back, the light board frame and the holes the straps pass through are left exposed. In the same workshop a longer Half-Hundred% piece stands nearby, woven in blue.
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06 Space Left Over | Places to Sit Amid the Bustle
Throughout the four days the pavilion was full. Amid the bustle, the Half-Hundred% chairs in the living area and the Xiaoyuan chairs beneath the white wall left a few places to sit down and rest for a while.
Project Details
Project | MACIO "Terre" Pavilion
Type | Trade-fair pavilion (whole-home custom furniture brand)
Location | China Building Decoration Fair (Guangzhou) 2024, Guangzhou, China
Dates | 8–11 July 2024
Brand | MACIO (premium custom line)
Spatial design | Tang Chung Han (founder and design director, Design Apartment)
Furniture brand | Dak Haan
Images | MACIO; Dak Haan (website gallery)
Dak Haan Pieces in This Story (3)
Half-Hundred% Lounge Chair (Zhou Anbin, 2021) · Xiaoyuan Lounge Chair (Zhou Anbin, 2020) · Gudun Side Table (Zhou Anbin, 2022)
Image Credits
Pavilion exterior and some interiors: MACIO (first published on the MACIO WeChat account 玛格美学木作, 11 July 2024). Interiors: Dak Haan website gallery. Design: Tang Chung Han / Design Apartment.