VILLAGE OF ANCIENT TREES BY STREAM

RIBA Ancient Tree Civilization Wellness Design Competition (Top 6)

Type: Competition

Size: 100,000 ㎡

Workplace: IAPA

Status: Developed Design

Collaborators: Bo Peng (Leader), Yang Yang (Leader) + 6 others

Responsibility: 3D Modeling, 2D Drawings, PS Enhancement, Diagrams, Subimission.

The site sits peacefully in a southern China village, encircled by 300 invaluable ancient trees shipped from southeast Asia countries, this is their preserve land. Our proposal insists the means of least interruption of this peaceful joy of the ancient spirits. Therefore, we introduced wooden material and modern earthscape intervention, especially the zigzag hotel and individual guest rooms upon threes, to deal maximum outcome.

Positioned upstream, deep in the forest of ancient trees, we used a series of landscape installations to form the concept of “Ring of Clouds”. The “Ring of the Clouds” acts as the heart of the ancient tree village, becoming an anchor for the surrounding mountains, the villages on the mountain also radiate outwards from this focal point. It is the embodiment of the site.

Hotel, Residential, Competition, Planning, Landscape Design, Architecture Design.

Of White & Purity

Children's Centre in the Park (Refurbishment + Newly Built)

Type: Commission (Client: New Oriental Sunrise)

Size: 350 ㎡ New + 300 Refurbishment

Workplace: Douxi Design

Status: Under Construction

Collaborators: Yongpeng Liu (Leader), Yongnan Zhang

Responsibility: Concept Deisng, 3D Modeling, 2D Drawings, Rendering, PS Enhancement.

Located in Zibo’s famed kids’ garden, an abandoned kindergarten is underway to be converted into its new function, children’s restaurant. By its north accompanies other three functions, the Bookshelf, multipurpose hall and a small café. An accessible lying slab offers roof top playground, meanwhile, intertwines all four components as one.

As part of Zibo city council’s public service project, the New Oriental Sunrise approached Douxi Design to propose a new concept that is feasible to represent context and local values. After removal of its original ornaments, we place white Titanium-Zinc roof plates to replace its outdated glazed tiles. Simply painting outside and inside walls with emulsion paint to be outstanding of surrounding woods, grassland and lake. This refurbishment project is under construction along with new construction and due by 2023.

Refurbishment, Developed Design, Commission