Quzhou Lixian Future Community 集合住宅 by Yiwen Yu

Quzhou Lixian Future Community 集合住宅 by Yiwen Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 銀賞 in 建設・不動産プロジェクトデザイン Competition Category.

銀不動産· 2024

Quzhou Lixian Future Community 集合住宅

by Yiwen Yu

Client: gad Design Group Ltd.

A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in 不動産 Category

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The Design

About Quzhou Lixian Future Community 集合住宅

衢州礼贤未来社区は、中国・衢州の中心部、衢江の東岸に位置する住宅開発である。5階建ての建物が中庭を囲み、その上に数棟の高層タワーを配することで、近隣の古城の街路や路地を想起させる。住棟の地上階はピロティとして持ち上げられ、ブリッジで連結されることで、コミュニティガーデンやオープンスペースを伴う共有の歩行者ネットワークを形成している。階段、スロープ、エレベーターがこのネットワークを周辺の街路へとつなぐ。プレファブ工法をはじめとする低炭素な construction 手法が採用されている。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀賞

Quzhou Lixian Future Community 集合住宅は、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Quzhou Lixian Future Community 集合住宅は、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Quzhou Lixian Future Community 集合住宅は、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The "4+X" innovative scenario system was integrated to build three future communities. Focused on high-quality life development, it concentrates on future neighborhood, education, health, and governance as four major design scenes, coordinating entrepreneurship, transportation, low-carbon, architecture, and services. It aims to provide residents with a warm neighborhood, a resilient natural community, and an orderly community, creating the international garden community.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site Area: 106,927 m2, Gross Floor Area: 363,058 m2
Tags: architecture, commercial housing, pedestrian network, sustainable design
Production Technology: With the support of government authorities at all levels, land resources and urban transportation facilities were integrated from the planning stage, enabling the unique cross-district 3D traffic and enclosed layout. The application of BIM technology in the survey and design phase provided more precise technical drawings. The use of prefabricated buildings and other low-carbon technologies effectively improved construction efficiency and met environmental protection requirements.
Design Challenge: Breaking away from the established patterns of Chinese real estate development over decades and exploring a new form of community was a significant challenge for the design. The key was to draw on tradition, reshape diverse public spaces, and revive the familiar community concept. After the project's completion, it has become a popular spot where people stop to gaze at the arches, chat while walking their children near play facilities, or simply sit under a large tree overlooking the Qujiang River.
Research: This project is located in the center of Quzhou city, on the east bank of the Qujiang River, and consists of four plots of land. By elevating the ground floor of residential building and connecting it with over-road bridges, an elevated, shared, and safe three-dimensional pedestrian system was established, linking various residential groups and public service facilities. The planning layout draws inspiration from the streets and alleys of the Chinese ancient city, with 5-story buildings enclosing courtyards and a few high-rise towers scattered above the courtyards. This transforms the capacity of high-rises into the density of multi-story buildings, bringing back a sense of scale that is intimate and comfortable.
Inspiration: In the past thirty years of rapid urbanization in China, the development of commercial residential buildings has focused excessively on "economic efficiency", leading to a barracks-style layout, over-scaled, and isolated appearance in residential areas. Reflecting on this, the design team drew inspiration from traditional Chinese settlements and local residential culture in Quzhou. They sought to find a path more in line with a better life imagination, reshaping an open and diverse residential mode near the ancient city, thereby creating a modern and sustainable neighborhood.
Project Duration: The design phase of Lixian project started in 2019. The construction starts from 2020 and completed in 2023.
Operation Flow: Community gardens and open spaces for residents are located on this elevated pedestrian network, connecting with urban streets in all directions through steps, ramps and elevators. Although this pedestrian network is completely open, the one-story height gap is naturally formed which shows the boundaries of the community and enhances the sense of belonging of community residents.
Image Credits: gad Design Group Ltd.