Chinese Mansion, Changzhou

The project is located in Changzhou, Jiangsu, next to the most famous Chinese style state hotel - Zhong Wu Hotel. With an area of 7300㎡, it continues the Chinese style of the hotel to form the overall urban atmosphere.

It creates a kind of ideal and relaxing life scene, high-end customized and poetic, and becomes a high-end residence in Changzhou.

Between mountains and the waters, isolated from the hustle and bustle of the city, and the yearning of living in the mountains is awakened. As Zhongyan Fan, the famous poet in North Song Dynasty, described in the Yueyang Tower Record, the lake was vast and boundless in dimension, while moonlight floods over thousands of miles. It revealed the low-key luxury of Song’s poem. The design team hoped to use the exquisite gardening technique that contained oriental philosophy to recreate the magnificent scene of "Under the sun, sky merges with water at horizon into an unbounded expanse of greenness ". The design followed the natural and humanistic elements in Fan’s poem as the key to reproduce six unique landscape nodes. Introduced the natural scenery, integrated the site characteristics into the design, drew closer the relationship between people, nature and space, gave a new poetic life feeling and created a rare natural poetic enjoyment in the modern city.

Challenge: How to show the wonderful landscape and the high quality feeling of modern life under the limited construction cost?

Solution: Tried to use some more economical common materials, but achieved the high-class experience through the design of space and atmosphere. Besides, used modern techniques combined with the design of artistic conception to recreate the moving life scene in poetry and painting.

What was solved for the client: Distinguished the project from other residences. The unique Chinese style residence feels unique, superior and comfortable. It is the only high-end Chinese style project in Changzhou market.

Sustainability: All materials are permanent and economical materials.