Xixi Wetland Estate
XIXI WETLAND ESTATE
David Chipperfield
ARCHITCETS
David Chipperfield
LOCATION
Hangzhou, China
PHOTOGRAPHS
Simon Menges
AREA
11800.0 m2
PROJECT YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Apartments
PROJECT ARCHITECTS
Ilona Priwitzer, Manh Kinh Tran, Sascha Jung, Samson Adjei
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Belt & Collins
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Eacdi
SERVICES ENGINEER
Eacdi
DESIGN
Mark Randel – Partner
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Libin Chen
CONTACT ARCHITECT
Eacdi
PROJECT MANAGEMENTS
Hangzhou Westbrook Investment Co. Ltd
CLIENT
Hangzhou Westbrook Investment Co. Ltd.
Text description provided by architect.
Xixi, a national wetland park located on the outskirts of Hangzhou, is a built landscape and an area of nature, which has been shaped by man for over a thousand years.
The omnipresent relationship between landscape, architecture, and water is key to the atmosphere in Xixi.
This atmosphere has been integrated into a new development of apartment buildings.
The apartment buildings are surrounded by a water garden, which, as a reference to the wetland park, is a mostly wild landscape.
In contrast to these green surroundings, the buildings appear as dark stone volumes embedded in the water garden.
They are, as is typical for villages in Xixi, placed on a stone plinth that sits in the water.
This plinth forms the base of a village group with various levels, walls, and balustrades creating a sequence of exterior spaces, which enable access to the buildings.
The interiors are characterised by floating spaces. Room height windows allow for natural light and views over the water garden.
