A lakeside retreat of craft studios, gardens, an organic farm and a boutique hotel on Yinxing Lake.
This project is set in the idyllic countryside environment of Yinxing Lake, in the outskirts of Nanjing city, China. The masterplan develops a lakeside cultural retreat containing live-work studios for traditional Chinese craft artisans as the centerpiece, complemented by exhibition galleries, spectacular landscaped gardens, organic farm and market, recreational facilities and a boutique hotel.
Intricate low-rise building clusters draws inspiration from traditional Chinese gable roof housing and barn house architecture, highlighting the possibility for contemporary development to meld with the agricultural vernacular. A star-shaped exhibition and gallery building exhibits on-going works by resident craft studios.
The complex, a masterplan of 500 mu (about 33 ha), is set within some 1,000 mu (about 67 ha) of organic farmland, with walking trails, bike paths, and scenic gardens, providing an idyllic agrarian setting supporting agri-tourism, and a valuable addition to the spatial development of Nanjing.
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