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DESIGN NAME: Huafa Aquatic Villas
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Residential Building
INSPIRATION: Drawing inspiration from Chinese garden design, Huafa Aquatic Villas has taken the essence of classical Suzhou Garden elements. By utilizing these traditional landscape design elements, such as an island living of “a home with courtyard and garden” is created for the residences to enjoy their home that foster family relationship rooted in deep Chinese culture, which makes Lingnan people to own their exclusive home possession and unique living atmosphere hidden behind the city.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Huafa Aquatic Villas is located along Huangyang River bank of Doumen District, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, China, with three sides surrounded by water and a superior natural landscape. The community contains 18 large size villas, 53 medium size villas and 65 semi-detached villas. The architectural design is inspired by different Chinese cultural contexts fusing with the southern Chinese style and the Lingnan style into a new oriental aesthetic model.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The interaction of Chinese architectural design elements included spaces, lanes, paths, corridors and bridges creating the sequences of ritualized and tranquil spaces. The main entrance of Huafa Aquatic Villas leads to the Huangyang River Wetland Park at the end, passing through the various lanes, paths, corridors and the bridges echoed in the same architectural language.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Huafa Aquatic Villas is located in Doumen District, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, adjacent to the Huangyang River Wetland Park. The project started in June 2021 and is scheduled to be completed in Dec 2024.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: To maximize the view to the natural landscape from the interior spaces, the duplex living space is installed with full-height glass, as if it is extended beyond the architectural facade into the exterior landscape. The space of the main courtyard is designed to function as the user’s communal activity space with guests, while the side courtyard provides a more comfortable living space for the family’s private activities.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The project site area is 84,332 sqm with total GFA of 129,422 sqm, which includes above-ground GFA of 38,588 sqm and underground GFA of 90,833 sqm. The total site area is 35,831 sqm.
TAGS: Island Living, Lingnan Culture, Oriental Aesthetics, Garden, Courtyard, Landscape, Ritual Space, Villa, Zhuhai
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The geographical climate of Zhuhai is a subtropical monsoonal oceanic climate with relatively high temperature, humid with abundant rainfall. Zhuhai is a famous coastal scenic tourism city in China deeply influenced by Lingnan culture and an important urban node in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
CHALLENGE: Featured with Lingnan’s geographical and cultural characteristics included beautiful views of mountains and rivers, Huafa Aquatic Villas has created a model residential project of oriental aesthetics in Zhuhai City.
ADDED DATE: 2022-01-31 05:50:05
TEAM MEMBERS (3) : Developer: Zhuhai Huafa Properties Co., Ltd, Architectural Designer: HZS Design (Shanghai) LTD and Landscape Designer: S.P.I Landscape Group
IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Architectural Design
Image #2: Architectural Design
Image #3: Landscape Design
Image #4: Architectural Design
Image #5: Bird's-view perspective
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Zhuhai Huafa Properties Co., Ltd
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NAME: Zhuhai Huafa Properties Co., Ltd
PROFILE: With more than 30 years of persistence and endeavor, Huafa, built at the same year when Zhuhai Special Economic Zone was established, has actively implemented national strategies, connecting the vision of Zhuhai city with its own corporate strategy. It has injected great impetus into the development of new state-owned enterprises. Zhuhai Huafa Group was established in 1980, with a history as long as that of Zhuhai Special Economic Zone. Through almost 40 years of hard work, Huafa has become one of the companies listed among the Fortune China 500. It is a leading state-owned enterprise in Zhuhai and a renowned comprehensive corporation in China. Huafa Group now holds shares in four listed companies, Huafa Industrial Share, Huajin Capital, iOneHoldings and Higrand Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. Huafa Industrial Share focuses primarily on real estate development. Based in Zhuhai, Huafa has expanded its businesses into Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Suzhou, Nanjing, Jiaxing, Shenyang, Panjin, Nanning, Zhongshan, Foshan, Weihai, Dalian, Baotou, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Macau, San Francisco, Tel Aviv and other cities in China and abroad. In order to avert potential risks caused by engagement only in regional real estate and the consequent lack of structural diversity, Huafa Group started in 2012 to implement the innovation driven strategy to achieve leapfrog development through transformation and upgrading. Based on a threefold increase from 2012 to 2015, Huafa had maintained the trend of rapid growth by doubling its performance on main operation indicators in 2016 despite the new normal of China’s economy. It was listed one of the enterprises among the Fortune China 500 in 2015 and onwards, and ranked 125th in China’s Top 500 Service Enterprises in 2019. By creating a leading innovative industrial chain, Huafa has established a complete ecosystem of high-end service industry. After five years of hard work, Huafa as the leading company in Zhuhai, has become one of the top enterprises in China. It had transformed from a regional real estate enterprise to a nationally renowned and innovation driven corporation with diverse business. Based on the platform of Huafa Industrial Share, the Group has formed a “4 Plus 2” business mode, with four core business sectors of urban city operations, real estate development, financial industry and business investment, and two comprehensive supplementary businesses including commerce and trade services and modern services. With a comprehensive and optimal portfolio, sustainable business sectors, high quality assets, an acceptable debt level and a strong cash flow, the Group has laid a solid foundation for the next round development. Due to its successful practice in the aspects of deepening reform, innovation-driven development and capital operation, Huafa has set a good example for the transformation and development of state-owned enterprises in Guangdong. Ranking the top in the industry with the best performance in all of its core business sectors including urban city operations, real estate development, financial investment, business investment, commerce and trade services, culture and education and modern services, Huafa takes a leading position among the municipal state-owned enterprises in the fields of city investment operation and productive service industry. Giving focus to the high-end manufacturing, the Group has become the main force to stabilize the economic growth of Zhuhai and to boost the city’s social and economic developments. Currently, the total assets of Huafa Group has exceeded RMB 300 billion, with an annual sales revenue of over RMB 100 billion. Looking into the future, Huafa Group will continue to move ahead and stick to its dreams and principles. Based on the achievements in the recent past 5 years, Huafa will carry forward the pioneer spirit, implement the new development concept, face the difficulties and hardships and seize each opportunity to build itself from a leading national enterprise to a top international enterprise.
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