Private Villa, Shanghai
Pietre dure ornamentation across the grand living hall, lobby, and circulation galleries of a classical Shanghai villa, anchored by a multi-level radial entrance medallion.
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What this project had to solve
The entrance medallion had to close on a single centre across three different floor levels.
Stone palette: Crema Marfil, Nero Marquina, Verde Alpi, brass fillets.
Private Villa, Shanghai in detail
This French Concession residence commissioned custom pietre dure ornamentation extending through the grand living hall, vestibule, and circulation galleries, anchored by an axial entrance medallion.
The architectural challenge lay in radial alignment: the medallion pattern had to register to a single vertical plumb line across three cascading floor levels. Working from unified survey data, our draughtsmen mapped the radial geometry across transitions to prevent distortion when viewed from upper landings.
Selected hardstones — Crema Marfil, Nero Marquina, Verde Alpi, and hand-annealed brass fillets — were waterjet-profiled and hand-dressed to hairline tolerances. Brass separation strips were embedded flush and lapped together with the marble slabs, ensuring a continuous tactile plane.
Prior to export, the multi-level layout was pre-assembled in our Jiangmen facility to test joint continuity and sightlines. Over years of domestic use, the stone assembly has remained flawlessly coplanar without joint separation or brass lifting.
From drawing to crating
Full-size drawing
The pattern is drawn 1:1 on the atelier floor before any stone is cut, so proportions are settled at the scale you will walk on.
Stone selection
Blocks and slabs are chosen against the drawing, vein by vein, and photographed for your approval.
Waterjet cutting
Multi-axis waterjet cuts every piece direct from the approved CAD file, held to ±0.1mm across the whole figure.
Dry assembly & crating
The composition is assembled, inspected and numbered on the factory floor, then crated with a setting plan.