Xi’an Green city is located in Xi’an Changning New District, the core of the University Town. It is directly connected to the “Sight of the Future” (A national key urban development project), the Hi-Tech Zone to the west and the Aerospace Base to the east. And Yuhe River, one of the renowned The Eight Rivers of Chang’an City, winds through the 2,600 acres’ Chang’an Park, and Xi’an Green City, is just located inside of the park.
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Residential Architecture (Built)
Firm
DU ARCHITECTURE
Architect/Designer
Long Jiang
Design Team
Shijia Zhao,Ying Li,Yi Yuan,Kai Yan
Location
Xi’an, Shanxi, China
Country
China
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This unique and outstanding environment makes the project a perfect high-end community for both living and business.
Neighboring the water and mountain, the project is really built inside of the park, these four-storey buildings with a high-end hot spring resort hotel comprise a low-density community filled with multiple urban activities, and turns Xi’an Green City a genuine urban parlor.
The project site peninsulars into the park and shares more than 500 meters’ common boundary with the park. The site is sloping down to the lake from east to west, and the 21 buildings are all 60 degree rotated to ensure each building a lake view and a more open landscape.
The 3,000 ㎡typical building is four-storey with a sunken courtyard and a roof terrace, the floor height is 3.5meters. A cross layout partitions the building into four blocks, and each block is divided into an upper and a lower mansion, each mansion enjoys a grand view of the park. In plan, from the center of the building to the perimeters, spaces transit from private to public, and at the end corner, is the double-floor living room with a 270° panoramic view.
The challenges of the project are mainly reflected in the strict control of the manufacture and construction. In order to achieve the effect of ultra-slim flying cornices, the side beam of the balcony cantilever structure needs to be minimized to a certain height, and the overhang length of the floor has also reached the limit simultaneously, therefore, a very limited space for the installation of the aluminum panel is available.
Secondly, the complex beveled aluminum panel needs to be accurately positioned and installed. To achieve a clean and tidy façade, the rainwater drainage pipes are integrated into the very narrow cross-sectional space.
Over-sized aluminum panels are used to ensure the absolute flatness of the flying cornices and beveled column; And advanced CNC cutting/bending/mounting technology are used to materialize the complex geometry.
The facade is a composition of both modern and traditional oriental aesthetics. Inspired by Chinese traditional Dan-liang Structure (short columns sitting on beams), the front façade is supported by a pair of beveled grand columns, then a set of short beveled columns spread two sides and connected the balconies and terraces, composed a structure system like layers of floating leathers, slim but stable, ordered but rhythmic.