With its huge building volume, unique architectural shape, and professional ski track, Sunac Snow Park not only naturally integrates into the surrounding mountains of Dujiangyan, but also deeply blends into the lives of ice and snow lovers. At the same time, combined with regional characteristics, with Bashu culture as the core, cultural symbols, and architectural design are integrated to create a landmark building with unique regional characteristics.
Dr. Gao Shanxing has more than 20 years of architectural experience in Mainland China and Hong Kong, especially in the field of commercial architecture. He is an experienced and passionate architect. Dr. Gao Shanxing has served as a principal designer or project leader for many different types of projects, including large complexes, shopping malls, office buildings, hotels, theaters, shows, snow resorts, etc. He is particularly good at dealing with complex and comprehensive projects including shopping malls, commercial buildings, hotels and residences. Prior to founding GDF, Dr. Gao Shanxing was the principal project leader for Aedas in Hong Kong, IDA in Hong Kong, and JERDE in Shanghai, and completed several large projects. With years of practice and exceptional insight, Dr. Gao Shanxing has developed his own unique and successful experience in architectural design, which has often benefited his projects. He is good at making use of architectural language, endow architectural emotion and soul, transform wonderful design into tangible value, and create unique space and maximum value for the owners and the society.
Founded in 2009 by partners Scott Gao Shanxing and Usman Utama, GDF LTD is an architectural design firm based in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China. GDF works internationally providing architecture and planning design services.Currently working on projects mainly in China Mainland,GDF is composed of multi-cultural staff who have a lot of practical experience in architecture. The diversity of the team reinforces a core vision for the practice: to respond to a global worldview incorporating overlapping design disciplines for a new paradigm in architecture.