Emperor Cinema, Chengdu

Location

Size

Year
Status

Client

Design

Shinkong Place, Chengdu

6,500 m2

2016 - 2017
Design Completed

Emperor Cinema

Lip Chiong for Aiuto

This Cinema has a unique double-volume glass lobby hall with great views to the City, a Roof Garden, and large wall spaces.

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What if, like the popular culture landmark Times Square, this space becomes an energetic DESTINATION for movie lovers populated with a myriad of moving images, sounds, and people to celebrate movie culture?

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The frame around each screen on the media wall is expressed as a telescopic time portal into a different world, just like the framing of a movie camera lens. This stepped framing adds another level of dynamic architectural detail to the space.

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The same language extends into the ceiling as multiple portals of vertical fins that filter daylight throughout the day with dynamic effects that changes the mood of this space.

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The corridor to movie halls is designed as a soothing preparatory preamble where stepped framing is used for posters and entrance doorways. The movie halls extends the same concept as a backdrop to complete the wholistic cinematic experience.