KeTing
Opening Date｜2019.1，Address｜Ji Hotel 1F, Yanan West Rd.3162, Minhang Dist., Shanghai
“In community building, the third place is the social surroundings separate from the two usual social environments of home ("first place") and theworkplace ("second place"). Examples of third places would be environments such as churches, cafes, clubs, public libraries, or parks.” American sociologist Ray Oldenburg proposed. It is characterized by freedom, looseness, convenience, and the function of accumulating resources and popularity, and belongs to a place of public communication. The more rational the third space is designed, the more diverse and vibrant the city is.
The lobby in the hotel keeps bright for 24 hours and is guaranteed to have a certain size. In the night, it is like a beacon, guiding the passengers back to the rest place. However, during most of the time, traditional hotels' lobbies are often used in the morning and afternoon, but the rest of the time is idle. Therefore, we propose "third space" concept for the new hotel lobby, linking the neighborhood community where the hotel is located.As a result, the lobby is no longer just an excessive space for passengers, but an alternative to leisure in the city and neighborhood.
In combination with the lobby of the hotel, the functions of reading, coffee, tea, seating, and merchandise are integrated into one room. For the passengers, staying in the leisure time of the room at unfamiliar cities, there is no needto find another place killing time; for the residents living in the city, they have one more choice for leisure and meeting. Since KeTing is attached to the public space of the hotel lobby, the selected books and goods are all based on the theme of "journey". In a city with high rent, physical bookstores are getting harder to survive, but with this comprehensive design, we finally find another place where we can actually read the books again.
As Echo Chan (Chinese writer) once mentioned, such state calms her; Jiang Xun, the master of aesthetics, also talked about the feeling of beauty depends on whether our perception of dailylife is profound. We are looking forward to a change in the concept of space use, making more people to think about the state of a better life. "KeTing" is an open public living room. Whether you are a traveller or a neighbor, you are welcome to come here for a cup of tea and chat.
