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Yuexing Citied Utopia, Huangshan
Designer / Agency
- SHANGHAI JUND ARCHITECTS CO., LTD
Category
- Real estate sales Buildings
Award
- 2021 GOLD
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DESCRIPTION
A city shared by ordinary people and “sages”
-Ideal life at the other side of the bridge·Citied Utopia
Huangshan North Station, a small railroad station, was once the center of Huangshan City in the days when there was no high-speed railway. Tunxi Old Street and Huayang Water Street are located less than two kilometers away to its southeast and southwest respectively. In addition to cargo transportation, Huangshan North Station still retains partial of passenger transportation function-green painted trains to Shanghai, the hoot of which carried the dreams of people in this small town to the prosperous metropolis. While today, the green mountains and water around this town have become Arcadia for urbanites.
The Citied Utopia is located just north of Huangshan Railway Station, surrounded by the ecological green core of Jinzhu Mountain, physically separated from the central city by the railway. Looking back from the Jinzhu Bridge across the rails, you will see a city being ablaze with lights. A bridge separates the worldly life from the ideal life, just one step away.
Huangshan, called Huizhou in ancient time, is both the hometown of Huizhou merchants, and the birthplace of Huizhou culture. Citied Utopia is located at the core of the ecological green core of Jinzhu Mountain in Huangshan, and enjoys superior natural resources of mountains, water, forest and spring. At the same time，it integrates the former sites of Huangshan Institute of Forestry Science and a supply base of China National Aviation Fuel (CNAF), and is committed to building an ecological, recreational and holidaying cultural tourism destination in a natural area of 2000 mu.
After passing through Jinzhu Bridge, you will enter Citied Utopia and see two paths extending into the main area of the project.
A “heavenly road” running through the mountains reaches directly the southern part of the project. It is about 600 meters long, bridging along the valley, with natural mountains on both sides that are always green.
The other path connects a series of supporting facilities related to the project. Near the entrance of Citied Utopia, there is an experience center for special dining and parent-child activities, a conference center for 1,000 people to hold large-scale events, and DISCOVERY, a non-powered adventure park renovated from the former site of CNAF supply base. The green corridor is about 500 meters long, interspersed with pavilion and other Chinese architectural elements, mountain shadows and clear springs. Gradually, you will find that you are passing from the busy life of worldly people to the secluded garden of the literati. At the end of the green corridor, there is a landscape tunnel. When you walk through and arrive the exit of the tunnel, you will see a natural col, where the mountain springs come down, first moderate and then setting themselves free. Go on walking, you will arrive the Banyan Tree GARRYA Hotel and the Spa Center, which was renovated from the former Institute of Forestry Science. High-end relaxation and holiday services are available there. Go ahead for about 200 meters along the valley formed by the mountains on both sides, you will arrive the main area of the project.
With the principle of respect for nature and protection of ecosystem, Citied Utopia sorts out, integrates and reconstructs the various scattered and unrelated point-like fragments and resources in the area to build a diversified ecological cultural tourism resort community with means of planning, architecture and landscape. Although being hidden in the mountains and forests, Citied Utopia is in the midst of the city's prosperity- the natural resources of the green core and the supporting and transportation facilities of the city enable Citied Utopia to improve its own system on one hand, and become part of the natural, cultural and green supporting service system of Huangshan City on the other.
Agency: SHANGHAI JUND ARCHITECTS CO., LTD
Widely stretch/Deeply cultivation
JUND Architects entered Chinese market in 1997and was formally incorporated in Shanghai in 2005. The companyofficially renamed as Shanghai JUND Architects Co., Ltd. in 2017 （hereinafter shortened as JUND）. Headquartered in Shanghai, JUND leavesits footprints across China (so far, it has established branches in Beijing,Shenzhen, Chongqing, Hefei, Hangzhou and Chengdu), and the projects JUND has served can befound in all major provinces and cities in China.
All-round player/Award winner
Since its inception, JUND has become an experienceddesign think tank and strategic partner for demanding projects in the fields ofresidential communities, tourism communities, industrialized culture andeducation, and destination complexes. Our team of registered architects fromAsia, Europe, Australia and North America, with global vision and technicalexpertise in various fields, has a deep understanding of local culture andmarket trends, and has been creating classic projects and setting benchmarksfor the industry. With these successful projects, JUND has won Gold Nugget,WAF, AIA, MIPIM ASIA and other prestigious design awards in the industry.
Four backbones/Multidimensional integration
As a leading brand in China’s design field, JUNDupholds the concept of "design for the people", and actively exploresthe barriers of the industry while conceptually building the concept of preposedoperation to guide our design services: we carry out the front-end R&Dplanning first to optimize the complex services integrating four major fields-planning,architecture, interior and landscape; then feed reversely with back-endoperation data. With multi-disciplinary collaboration and deep integration, weestablish a system of consulting services matrix centering "design"to extend the stickiness with "people". We offer a full stack ofintegrated services from planning, positioning to design and implementation,and up to the operation. Our efficient and high-quality comprehensive solutionsfully satisfy the needs of the entire industry and help our strategic partnersachieve innovation and sustainable development.
