Shanghai, China
Designed by HYP-ARC, the sales office of GreenLand Hong Kong Yuehu Academy is not just a place for sales. Instead, it has gained a unique cultural label by interpreting culture, so as to bring aesthetic improvement of living art to the city and community through architecture.
Facing to the Yuehu Lake and standing by the water, the GreenLand Hong Kong Yuehu Academy is located in the core area of Songlong Town, Zhaoqing City.
In ancient times, Zhaoqing was the fief of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, enjoying the reputation of “Kaifeng in the North, Zhaoqing in the South.”
The project appropriately combines the traditional meaning of Song Academy with the space scene of modern architecture, reshaping a new idyllic modern dwelling experience full of Song Dynasty charm.
In this project, the architects integrate the sightseeing, ritual and music philosophy of the Song Academy into the overall layout planning and design, realizing the organic combination of natural environment and living life.
The inner courtyard is accessed from the entrance through a connecting corridor, then comes the main building and the outdoor viewing platform, following the progressive spatial pattern of front space, gate, front yard, main building, side yard and back garden.
The white walls and black tiles are hidden among the luxuriant trees; visually, the landscaped pool and Yue Lake connect with each other and the scenery keeps changing, just like a metaphor for the lake.
The building facade of Yuehu Lake Academy and the distant mountains and nearby water set off each other, bringing a feast of virtual scenery and real scenery; this is similar to “The Daily Life by the Mountains and Waters,” and reproduces the architectural aesthetics of the Song Dynasty.
Under the well-arranged roof, the surrounding landscape is integrated into the interior of the building in a 360° all-round way, thus eliminating the boundary between indoor and outdoor, and creating a lightsome architectural quality and flexible environment and atmosphere.
The roof uses the gable and hip roof of Song Dynasty as the design blueprint, which looks like AN open scroll.
Looking at the roof from a distance, the ingenious combination of straight lines and curves and the gentle and natural slope and graceful arc create an implied meaning of “books are buildings”, thus recreating the architectural culture of the Song Dynasty through reproducing the architectural system.
The architects used aluminum, magnesium and manganese metal roof and wood grain aluminum plate to reproduce the Song-style architecture.
The integrity of the glass curtain wall also effectively integrates the elegant texture of materials.
The design extracts the cultural symbols of Song Dynasty for details and applies the treatment of modern construction techniques to the annex, eave, wall body and base.
The project follows the features of geo-culture to construct the story of modernization of historical context.
In the end, it uses the ingenuity of architectural design to create a scholar-style life scene of “paying respects to famous people, welcoming guests with ritual sequence, meeting with great people, and enjoying leisure time in an elegant place”, which encourages visitors to start over with a beautiful vision of city life.
Architects: Shanghai HYP-ARC Architectural Design Consultant Co., Ltd.
Design Team: Zhang Yuan, Wu Xiaoliang, Yu Zechun, Ye Youyou, He Yuping, Xu Lijing, Yao Yuan, Yi Junjie, Ju Shiyi, He Xiaofei, Zhang Qing, Zhou Xiu, Lin Lin, Xu Ying, Wang Yi, and Chen Xingxing
Client: Greenland Hong Kong
Photographers: Arch-Exist | He Zhenhua
