In the city of Nanchang, within the Yangtze River flood plain in east-central China, Turenscape transformed a badly abused 126-acre landscape into a dreamlike floating forest that regulates stormwater, provides habitat for wildlife, offers an array of recreational opportunities, and gives local residents a new way to connect with nature.
Project name
A Floating Forest: Fish Tail Park in Nanchang City
Architecture firm
Turenscape
Principal architect
Kongjian Yu
Landscape Architecture
Turenscape. Landscape Architect: Yu Hongqian, Fang Yuan, Tong Hui, Jia Jianmin, Wang Dezhou, Wang Haixu, Wen Xuanying, Chen Lingxue, Wang Rui, Bang Minghui, Chen Yunying, Zhang Chao, Liu Jiahao, Wang Xiaoming, Zhang Fan, Jiang Jingri
Design team
Kongjian Yu, Design Lead
Design year
June 2017-April 2018
Engineer
Yu Fumin, Zhang Wei, Chen Rao, Lu Ang, Li Bo, Huang Songtao
Client
Nanchang Gaoxing Zhiye Property Development Investment Co. Ltd.
Typology
Park, Landscape Design
Hotel Natura is one of the first points of contact for visitors to the Rogla sports and tourist resort. Built as the final addition to a group of hotels, it represents perhaps the biggest visual departure from the recognizable expression of the previous interventions, which referenced the local, rurally developed landscape to a larger degree.
Project name
Hotel Natura Extension
Design team
Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Sara Mežik, Jurij Ličen, Nuša Završnik Šilec, Peter Sovinc, Jakob Kajzer, Rasmus Skov
Typology
Hospitality › Hoteltality
The Little Eaves House is another interpretation of regional architecture for modern design. The Lesser Polish Eaves Cottage, inspired by the architecture of Lanckorona, is an object with an area of almost 400 square meters, while the latest proposal of the BXB Studio is only 170 square meters of extremely functional architecture, which directly re...
Project name
The Little Eaves House
Architecture firm
BXB Studio
Principal architect
Bogusław Barnaś
Design team
Bogusław Barnaś, Bartłomiej Mierczak, Bartłomiej Szewczyk, Łucja Janik, Magdalena Fuchs, Wojciech Buchta, Urszula Furmanik, Justyna Duszyńska-Krawczyk
Typology
Residential › House
Set against Mont-Tremblant National Park, and nestled within the Devil’s River valley, the Farouche agrotourism site offers a singular and unique concept for the Laurentians region of Quebec. Making the most of the natural and untamed qualities of the territory of almost one hundred acres, the project combines a Nordic farm, a café-bar, four-season...
Project name
Farouche Tremblant
Architecture firm
Atelier L'Abri
Location
Lac-Supérieur, Québec, Canada
Photography
Raphaël Thibodeau
Design team
Stefania Praf, Charles-Édouard Dorion, Vincent Pasquier, Nicolas Lapierre, Francis Martel-Labrecque
Structural engineer
Alte Coop
Construction
Construction Pascal Rondeau
Client
Farouche Tremblant
Typology
Residential › Cabin, Nordic farm, Café-bar
The objective was to make the place more welcoming by providing a range of pedestrian facilities while emphasizing the identity of a historical neighborhood. As a result, the 1,8-kilometre-long riverfront area was transformed into a major attraction for people of all ages and walks of life. The panoramic view of the river and the iconic Kotelniches...
Project name
Kosmodamianskaya Embankment Reconstruction
Architecture firm
Bureau A4
Location
Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Moscow, Russia
Photography
Nikita Subbotin
Principal architect
Sergey Markov, Aleksey Afonochkin
Landscape Architecture
embankment
Design team
Sergey Markov, Aleksey Afonichkin, Anastasia Medvedeva, Ekaterina Mezentseva
Collaborators
• Visualization: SUN Viz • Tools used: AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Park, Landscape Design
The project area is located on a rocky coastline in Croatia. It develops along a slope which descends from the mountain, where the access to the property is located, to the crystalline water of the private beach. The design choices were determined by the site’s peculiarity and the pre-existing building. The client’s request was to integrate a guest...
Architecture firm
Studio Bressan
Photography
Simone Bossi, Emanuele Bressan
Principal architect
Emanuele Bressan
Collaborators
Tailor-made furniture: Dante Negro s.r.l.; Finishes and facades: Sbm Technologies s.r.l.
Built area
Guest house 112,5 m²/ Infinite living 80 m²
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
This project is one of our sloped house series projects, the client asked us for one of the previous designs of this project series (Slope House 1) and we presented him with a new design according to his needs.
Project name
Slope House 5
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Location
George Washington National Forest, USA
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Located in Huadu District of Guangzhou, the project encompasses an 11-storey retail podium and a 100m tower. With an irregular architectural volume, the retail podium has a large massing placed on the plot that could cause a huge impact on the city. Therefore, reducing the sense of oppression brought by its mega- structure to the city is one of the...
Project name
Nanhai Development Guangzhou Jinghu Avenue Retail Project
Location
Guangzhou, China
Principal architect
Fiona Chen, Director; Keith Griffiths, Founder and Global Principal Designer
Collaborators
Consultant: Shenzhen Machinery Institute Architectural Design
Client
Guangzhou Hongrun Real Estate Development Center (Limited Partnership)
Typology
Commercial › Retail
