WUXI MASTERPLAN | MIXED USE COMPLEX

The Masterplan is based on two main keywords which are the base of all design choices and that can be defined as generator elements of all the project: Landscape and Waterscape

In this way a perfect fusion between Earth, Water and Architecture is gained in complete harmony of the parts according to a design and attention to landscape approach typically Italian and Mediterranean and pursuing the goal of always researching as a reference the human scale.

The result is a “Landscape Resort Community Park” in respect to the law of humanity and nature.

Program: Design project of a new district
Location:
Lot A.02.08 –  Lihu Area, Wuxi, China
Client: Wuxi Taihu Pearl Estates Development Co., LTD, Mr. Cui Yang ; Cheng Hsiung International Corporation, Mr. Chen Gang
Assignment: ATENASTUDIO, Archmaster studio Design Team: Francesca Gregori, Luigi Simone, Gezim Bono, Elena Caruso, Arianna Marino, Giampiero Bianchi 

Schedule: Masterplan: January-March 2017
Lot area: 336.340 sqm
Built area: 561.411 sqm
Consultants: Render_ Modostudio 

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Masterplan program: 5 Skyscraper buildings, 3 Multi-storey buildings, 3 Courtyard buildings, 56 Villas, Hotel 5-7 stars with 350 rooms: 24 floors, Facilities buildings (Shopping buildings, Real Estate Point, Aquatic Sports Club, Daycare + Elderly Care Center + Multi Media Library, Tennis and Squash Club, Yacht Club, underground parking)

The Masterplan project called ““CONCEPT DESIGN FOR BUILDING’S PROJECT – LOT A.02.08 – LIHU AREA, WUXI, CHINA” takes a 200.000 sqm buildable zoning lot (inside the property lot with bigger dimensions) located in the South-East part of Wuxi City, China.

The area appears to be of exceptional  paesistic value because of the condition of a waterfront both West towards Taihu Lake, and South towards Dingchang River and of the view of the mountain chains to the North.

 

The Landscape
The ground is not thought as a flat plate element on which the buildings are simply located, on the contrary it is used as if it would be a “3D solid material” and shaped both horizontally and vertically.

In this way force lines are developed from East to West, always dynamic, which find their highest points on the 2 hills which enclose the villas, that all have a view to the Taihu Lake. 

The Waterscape
The intention is to emphasize to the maximum the presence of water making it become a diffuse system, introducing it inside the area and in every part of the project, and using it as if it was a “3D liquid material”.

Following as a model the idea of the city of Venice an estuary is created to the South with an artificial island for open air shows, a series of buildings which represent the Yacht Club thought as an archipelago, a small lake system, a timed waterfall (for example 10 minutes per hour, mainly in the evening and with scenographic artificial lighting) coming from the last floor of the Hotel.

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