2.-MAD_12004_Nanjing-Zendai-Himalayas-Center_i_02_rendering_view-of-central-valley
北京
An urban masterplan precedent demonstrating the juxtaposition of low-scale vernacular-inspired pavilions with monumental, curvilinear high-rises around a green central valley.
- What we like about this project
- A natural-looking artificial green mountain peak rises directly out of the low-rise commercial village fabric.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- white-composite
- concrete
- planting
Visual identifiers
- organic-towers
- pitched-roof-pavilions
- central-valley
- vertical-fins
- landscape-integration
Style tags
- biomorphic
- futuristic
- megastructure
- vernacular-fusion
Visual tags
- masterplan
- futuristic
- mixed-use
- urban-valley
- landscape-urbanism
- organic-architecture
- Geometry
- An urban valley layout featuring low-rise, pitched-roof timber-clad pavilions in the foreground contrasted against towering, vertically finned organic high-rise towers in the background.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall with sweeping vertical white fins on high-rises; timber cladding and glazed gables on low-rise pavilions.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frames for low pavilions; massive core-and-outrigger or diagrid systems for organic high-rises.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-scale urban precinct, ranging from intimate single-story village pavilions to colossal multi-story towers.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight creating soft shadows across the landscape and sharp highlights along the vertical tower fins.
- Atmosphere
- A serene yet monumental fusion of nature and hyper-density, evoking a high-tech mountain valley.
- Environmental context
- Dense futuristic urban masterplan integrating lush vertical and horizontal landscape elements, trees, and sloped green hills.
- Spatial experience
- The composition transitions from a dense, human-scaled forest and village-like ground plane into an expansive, monumental canyon of curvilinear high-rises.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical louvers on towers contrast with the staggered, gable-roofed low-rise clusters below.
- Style reading
- Biomorphic futuristic megastructure juxtaposed with vernacular low-rise forms
- Program
- Mixed-use urban center (commercial, residential, cultural)
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban
- Materials
- timber, glass, white-composite, concrete, planting
- Visual identifiers
- organic-towers, pitched-roof-pavilions, central-valley, vertical-fins, landscape-integration
- Style tags
- biomorphic, futuristic, megastructure, vernacular-fusion
- Visual tags
- masterplan, futuristic, mixed-use, urban-valley, landscape-urbanism, organic-architecture
- Geometry
- An urban valley layout featuring low-rise, pitched-roof timber-clad pavilions in the foreground contrasted against towering, vertically finned organic high-rise towers in the background.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall with sweeping vertical white fins on high-rises; timber cladding and glazed gables on low-rise pavilions.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frames for low pavilions; massive core-and-outrigger or diagrid systems for organic high-rises.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-scale urban precinct, ranging from intimate single-story village pavilions to colossal multi-story towers.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight creating soft shadows across the landscape and sharp highlights along the vertical tower fins.
- Atmosphere
- A serene yet monumental fusion of nature and hyper-density, evoking a high-tech mountain valley.
- Environmental context
- Dense futuristic urban masterplan integrating lush vertical and horizontal landscape elements, trees, and sloped green hills.
- Spatial experience
- The composition transitions from a dense, human-scaled forest and village-like ground plane into an expansive, monumental canyon of curvilinear high-rises.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical louvers on towers contrast with the staggered, gable-roofed low-rise clusters below.
- Style reading
- Biomorphic futuristic megastructure juxtaposed with vernacular low-rise forms
- Program
- Mixed-use urban center (commercial, residential, cultural)
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban