PROJECT

DESCRIPTION

The Bund of Nantong is located in Nantong, a riverside city with a clear layout of mountains and rivers, integrating mountains, water, city, forest and river. As a perfect combination of natural landscape and practical functions from the inside to the outside, the project has infused fictious and realistic approaches, light and darkness, culture and humanities, architecture and environment. Through a cross-border dialogue between man, space and nature, it presents a scenery of “moist wavy lake and riverside picturesque mountains”, depicting the ever-changing breathtaking lakeside views which is light-hearted and interesting, an era’s yearning for a natural life.
31 Design has considered the architectural landscape based on interior completeness and overall layout. Inspired by the flow of the Yangtze River and the linear design of architectures, it has extended the outdoor experience of viewing and walking to indoor scenario and incorporated the seasonal changes and natural elements of the garden to achieve situational communion. The eye-catching linear patterns bring about modernity and elegance to the space atmosphere and the beauty of flowing art to its utmost extent, blurring the boundaries between indoors and outdoors and creating a sense of organic completeness. The contrast between light and darkness, fictious and realistic scenes, different textures and the polishing of exquisite details, all make people resonate with space in their coexistence.
The front hall at the entrance has curved walls on both sides, in the shape of open arms to welcome the guests, conveying dignity and courtesy. The entire glass wall at the entrance has incorporated the outdoor courtyard landscape into the indoor space, forming a traditional ritual sense of “front hall and back courtyard, etiquette first and nature second”.
The curved wall extends inward and the trunk grows upward, creating a silent extension of the natural element. The smart screen conveys Merchant’s century-old concept of building a better life. History and nature always bring better outcomes, through slow accumulation of time.
In face of the Yangtze River, a melodious piano music allows people to pursue inner tranquility and an urban exhibition hall built in nature embraces people with fragrant flowers and singing birds.