March 29, 2022

Porcelanosa gains traction in Shanghai's residential sector

Designs in two new luxury residential developments in bolster the Spanish multinational's presence in China's financial capital.

Verticality and symmetry: two key features of Chinese architecture, which has been continually evolving over recent years. Cities like Chongquing, Chengdu and Shanghai have become spaces of experimentation, places where the traditional urban model can be updated. Some Pritzker prize-winning architects such as Rem Koolhas, Zaha Hadid and Herzog & de Meuron have built impressive creations and public pavilions in this vein, showing us a new way of societal understanding and living.

PORCELANOSA Group has also played a significant role in this transition towards new architecture. The firm's ceramic collections, featuring natural finishes and innovative, high-tech solutions, have favoured a shift towards a more sustainable, inclusive and efficient construction model. These are precisely the values they wanted to impart in these two luxury homes in Shanghai: Shanghai Sanxiang and Hangzhou Sanxiang.

The importance of light and the urban environment

In the former complex, the concept behind this loft design was to bring the interior and exterior space together with neutral colours and large picture windows, and it features several PORCELANOSA Group collections. Located in the Qiantan district of Pudong and benefiting from the finest views of the city, this 350 m2 apartment is completely open-plan, featuring a standout minimalist colour scheme dominated by white, and opening out to the Huangpu River. Esa máxima de “menos es más” que define la decoración y la estructura del edificio crea un equilibrado contraste con la madera natural Tortona de L’Antic Colonial que pavimenta el suelo.
They opted for a palette of grey and beige in the bathrooms, with Madagascar Natural floor tiles by Porcelanosa used as the main material. Un diseño sobrio que adquiere mayor viveza con el mosaico Aichi Browns de L’Antic Colonial, utilizado aquí como revestimiento de la ducha.

See it in Projects Porcelanosa.

Architecture: Shanghai Sanxiang Interior Design

Photo: Mr. Yao Jie.

Con un estilo nórdico en el que predominan los tonos azulados, las líneas rectas y las maderas claras, los apartamentos de Hangzhou Sanxiang combinan ligereza y armonía en cada estancia. Con la madera cerámica Ascot Teca de PAR-KER® (Porcelanosa) como pavimento general de la vivienda, en su interiorismo se intercala el mobiliario neoclásico con textiles aterciopelados o luces cálidas.

The main living area, meanwhile, blends blue and white hues with Ascot ceramic parquet, and in the bathrooms, the Belice Acero cement-look ceramic wall tiles with a play of grey and white horizontal lines lend a stunning sense of spaciousness. The design highlights the straight lines of the furnishings and glazed shower area, which in turn uses Ascot ceramic wood tiles to tie in this area with the rest of the room.