HUAFA NEW TOWN, CHINA

Completed | Landscape 

China | 2011 

BRIEF

It was an honour and a fulfilling professional experience for Rui to collaborate, as an intern of Zhuhai Huafa Architectural Consulting and HOK in Hong Kong, with renowned and highly accomplished companies such as DeSimone, iLAB Singapore, etc, in this award-winning project. Huafa New Town integrates sightseeing, shopping, leisure, entertainment, and catering. Among this shopping centre's many attractions are a 4,000-sq-m (4,784 acres) water curtain film screen, a large music fountain cluster, and a 340-m (41-yd) Giant Sky Dome. During this internship, Rui was an element of the team responsible for landscape design and project presentation.

Size: 3 million sq. ft. / 280,000 sq. m.

Cost: 2 billion yuan ($293 million)

Architects: HOK, Hong Kong, Zhuhai Huafa Architectural Design Consulting, Co.

Awards: ENR Global Best Projects – Retail and Mixed-Use Developments Award of Merit

"This retail and residential development serves as an important hub for Huafa Group’s landmark Huafa New Town community in the south China city of Zhuhai. Situated along a major transportation interchange, the development provides a central and vibrant live-play environment for this modern, fast-growing metropolis. On the west end of the development, a 645,000-sq.-ft. the shopping mall includes a theatre, supermarket and department store. A 270,000-sq.-ft. health and wellness centre anchors the site’s eastern edge. A large promenade spans the area, weaving together anchor stores, greenery and the waterfront. Two 30-story apartment towers located along the development’s northwest border offer spectacular garden views and connect to shopping and amenities. Retail spaces share fluid massing silhouettes, pedestrian bridges, indoor-outdoor transition spaces and seamless circulation routes. The marquee feature, a 1,115-foot-long street canopy made up of a steel frame and lightweight ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) membrane, hovers 65 feet above the ground. Deriving its fluid, organic form from patterns found in nature, the canopy’s web creates a sculptural and light-capturing focal point while shielding shoppers from the elements" - HOK, Hong Kong

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