Taosence Valley Restaurant
Architecture / 876 sqm / 2020

TaoSence Valley Restaurant (Michelin two-star) is located in Taiping Town, Conghua District, Guangzhou, at the southern end of the Tropic of Cancer within the border. Nestled in the picturesque Shaxi Reservoir Valley, the restaurant offers breathtaking views of the lake and mountains. 

Embedded, grown, integrated, and listening to the natural echoes of the universe—this is the design strategy we have adopted based on this exceptional location. Guided by this strategy, we have established touring and scenic routes that seamlessly blend abstract natural elements into the natural landscape, creating a harmonious and organic whole.The building’s exterior resembles a giant rock embedded in the mountain, creating a sculptural quality. As visitors walk through the building, streams and waterfalls cascade among scattered rocks and vegetation, their sounds as harmonious as heavenly music. Moving between the interior and exterior of the building, layered mountains rise majestically, shrouded in mist and vapour. The echoes of the valley unfold from here.

Atelier 2M2

Atelier 2M2 is essentially a “skeptic.” In their context, the “self” has also become the “other,” an “object” that needs to be calmly “observed.” At the same time, in order to verify the uncertain cognition of the “realistic utopia,” they created a series of objects of justification with different personalities and positions (in commissioned projects or independent creations). The objective (non-subjective) justification of these objects further intensifies their skeptical stance.

People

Michael Wang, co-founder of Atelier 2M2, founder of malt online aesthetic platform, member of N2 Multimedia Art Group, graphic designer, artist. Michael Wang is an artist who walks between reality and abstraction: in reality, he is rational and orderly, focusing on the essence of the subject and following the rules to discover the eternal essence of things. In the abstract carrier (thought), he calmly observes the world, imagines and criticizes.

If you are looking to work with us please send applications to info@2m2un.com

Collaborators

Aéras, Lake Ripple, Ping An, Kaltendin, Root EGO, OJESH, Chichaqu, Skyworth, vivo, OnePlus, IIIF150, OIIOIII, Purcotton, Taosence, CGN, Decameron Coffee, Tea Talk, KRYNICZANKA(Poland), BCCI, Wuarch, Taichin Arch, Das Space, Minsheng Art Museum, Oct Art & Design Gallery, Warsaw Electronic Festival, Noise Asia, WePlay, N2 Multimedia, Malt, Opalnest, Storyfarm, CinExpress, Teoisau, Parotia, Neosound, SZIMC.

Exhibitions

iF DESIGN Award Exhibition, Berlin, 2024
China TDC 2017( Typographic Design in China), Shenzhen, 2017
Asia Visual Art&Design Exhibition, TaiWan, 2013
GDC 13 Exhibition, Shenzhen, 2013
Tokyo TDC Annual Awards Exhibition, GGG Gallery,Tokyo, 2011
Undécima Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México 2010, Museo Franz Mayer, México, 2010
21ST Chaumont: CIG Exhibition, Paris, 2009
GDC 09 Exhibition, Shenzhen, OCT-And Art & Design Gallery, 2010

Awards

iF DESIGN Award, 2024
Effie Performance Marketing Awards, 2023
IN2 SABRE Awards, 2023
Tokyo TDC Annual Awards, 2016
A’Design best design Award, 2016
Tokyo TDC Annual Awards, 2015
NINGBO IGDB 7, 2013
GDC 13, 2013
APD8(Asia-Pacific Design), 2012
Tokyo TDC Annual Awards, 2011
APD6(Asia-Pacific Design), 2010
HIIIBRAND, 2010
Undécima Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México, 2010
21ST Chaumont: CIG, 2009
GDC09(Graphic Design in China), 2009
HKDA(HongKong Design Award), 2005

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