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Cascading Terraces Residential Apartments

Cascading Terraces

The development of the concept is based on two linked volumes parallel to one side of the site, in dialogue with the particular nature of the immediate context, addressing the site boundaries and movement. Responding to the orientation, views, wind direction, and the seasonal changes of the landscape, the complex opens up or closes, developing each time a different appearance, as the transition from the natural to the built environment establishes a system of visual and conceptual relationships and parameters that inherently affect the architectural space.

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Meishan East Town Centers and Base

Meishan East Town

The Meishan East New Town Three Centers and One Base not only needs to reflect the historical context of the city, but also have spatial attributes that provide consultation, service, education, culture and entertainment for the citizens. Blending into Nature, preserving the mountains and waters, To break the serious space impression of the traditional Citizen Service Center, Graceful curve and white architectural skin blends with the surrounding environment, making it attractive, Making it a unique cultural landmark in Meishan, increasing the environmental and land value of the area.

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Circle Xinqiao Expatriate Children School

Circle

The Circle is an international school in Hefei Airport New Area, China. The school includes a kindergarten, a primary school and a middle school, with ninety classes across a building area of 40,000 square meters. In response to the park and lake view to the west and the oval shape of the site, the building opens toward the park in an embracing gesture. School life is arranged around a central sports field, so most rooms gain a wide view. The kindergarten stands as a separate building. Highly modular construction limits the number of module types and shortens building time.

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Double Barn House

Double Barn

Double Barn is a contemporary house located in the suburbs of Warsaw, designed for a family of four. The challenge was to create a modern, yet timeless house design, referring to the traditional architecture of Mazovia and adapting to the context of nature. In order not to overwhelm the surrounding single-family housing with its size, the house was divided into two interconnected blocks. From the inside of the house, mainly bright elements of HPL boards are visible, which makes it feel cozy. At the same time, the dark façades made of graphite tiles blend the house into the surroundings.

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MCC Shengshi International Plaza Multifunctional Building

MCC Shengshi International Plaza

MCC Shengshi International Plaza is a mixed-use building complex in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. The complex stands on Hengqin Island, close to the Lotus Bridge that links to Cotai, Macau. The development contains two high-rise office towers, a retail podium, a rooftop garden and a pool. The streamlined form is inspired by the cruising movement of the dragon fish. The facade design refers to wind waves and uses wave-shaped aluminium plates that provide shade and support energy saving. Green roofs improve insulation and reduce heat gain on the top floor.

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Mountain Impression Power Plant

Mountain Impression

Backed by undulating karst mountains, this factory building draws its design language from the natural context. To the north of the site there is a bare plateau flattened by the mining of a cement factory. In order to respond to the nature and memory of the site, the facade of the building is featured by a pattern of undulating mountain range to visually remedy the damage to the mountains by human impacts, evoking the self-examination of human activities. The pattern of the mountain range is derived from the combination of four sets of trigonometric function curves through parametric design.

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