Project Credits & Specs:
- Architects: PLAT ASIA
- Photographs: Arch-Exist Photography
- Location: Lushan West Sea Resort, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi, China
- Area: 600 m2
- Year: 2021
The project is located on a lakeside at Lushan West Sea Resort, Jiujiang, China. The art center is integrated as a multi-functional cultural complex. The client initially planned a small-scale renovation on the façade and interiors of the original building was not been used for 5 years. After analyzing the site conditions and environment, the architect proposed a renovation of the whole site, including architecture, landscape, and interiors. The goal of design is not the satisfying function itself but rebuilding a sense of place.
The design strategy also focuses on dialogue with the natural environment, architecture, and humans. Inspired by the graceful vistas, the iconic cultural profile of Lushan West Sea, a prototype of SHANSHUI paintings, these contextual clues combined with the perception of the undulated lake and wavy terrain, the architect derives the concept of “Ridge” from its topography. These curled structures outline the site, Ridge broken ground, which was simplified by the geometry principles and converged the energy of surroundings.
The corrugated concrete texture showered by lights, reflected in shadows, is a part of nature. Ridge cross, open, sprawl, lift, offering an enjoyable experience in wanders. The original building was enveloped in Ridges, which form diverse landscape routes and depict different screens and the virtual SHANSHUI Painting.
The renovation of the original building is composed of two parts: Demolishing a small structure on the west which disturbs the conversation between architecture and nature. Expanding the building to the east and west is to achieve a strong connection between interior space and landscape. For the interior, basically keeping its original structure, and inserted a cross arch system which is echoed to the Ridge. The new façades try to maximize transparency, letting the views penetrate from inside to outside. Two different leveled waterscape placed in front of the building is a visual connection between the lake, the West Sea, and the building. All touches and designs are considered to rebuild a sense of place, and finally, let the human being to a part of nature.
Architects naturalize the place and respect the context, bridging the architecture, surroundings, and humans with natural perception and vigor.
The project description is provided by the architects.
About the architects:
PLAT ASIA was founded in Beijing in 2010, by Baoyang Bian and Donghyun Jung, who share an oriental cultural background. Based on the constant research and analysis of the bewildering social backdrop nowadays, PLAT ASIA has been endeavoring in optimising living conditions without sacrificing the future living environment. Moreover, PLAT ASIA is not only designed to discover new opportunities and means of land occupation but to carry forward oriental philosophies of nature, architecture, and value as well.
With a high standard of design aesthetics, PLAT ASIA aims to establish a high-standard international design studio while being deeply rooted in the traditional soil, based on which we have had extensive experience in all architecture-related fields, including architecture, urban design, landscape design, interior design, and furniture design.
