城市綠庭

The layout of the building object responses to unique urban context of the site. There are eighty-years old trees under protection by city hall, sports center in the north side, historic buildings in the east side, and an open space is necessary in the south-west side by law.
The building object is setback layer by layer to decrease the tense to the street and create several gardens for communities. Roof garden, green zone, and landscape facilities are composed to a diverse green area where connecting to the local park and be the city green landscape.

Considering the publicity of the urban space, the building is designed to be the hub of urban public spaces. The veranda on the ground floor is connected to the one of historic building. A new corridor is designed from the south-wet plaza to north-east sports center. There are also new elevated sidewalk and bike lane heading to the west parking lot and river bank. In the second floor are social facilities and youth entrepreneurship space. Culture exhibition space is at third floor and an out-door grand staircase is designed to connect directly with plaza of ground floor.

Light, air, and green are brought inside the residence unit by the vertical staircase and gardens of each floor. Thus the corridors are bright and open and resident could enjoy the time of walking home or a place to chat with neighbors. Blue glazing facade are applied inspired by nearby River. It is also a vibrant color response to the energy of Ximending area and the new-version social housing.