[SHA20]

Key Dates

13 Feb 2020 -Launch Deadline
16 Apr 2020 -Standard
21 Sep 2020 -Final Deadline
24 Sep 2020 -Judging
01 Oct 2020 -Winners Announced
13 Oct 2020 -presentation
Wednesday, 05 November 2025 01:13 local time

Embraced by Mountains and Rivers

 
Image Credit : Sebastien Veronese

Project Overview

With the remarkable and poetic views to nature, this place undisturbed from the bustling city life attracts people with slower pace of life, great tea and gorgeous views, where people can feel pleasant life. This design project proposes nature as the principle of design. Trees and green fields come into view at the moment coming here, where people can relieve pressure from bustling life, and purely enjoy the beauty of simplicity. The big natural pool and slate walkway reconcile the human senses and nature, where has the delightful views of the babbling water and lovely fishes.

Organisation

tomchen design

Team

CHEN PO CHING LAI YU JOU

Project Brief

This design project proposes nature as the principle of design. Trees and green fields come into view at the moment coming here, where people can relieve pressure from bustling life, and purely enjoy the beauty of simplicity. The big natural pool and slate walkway reconcile the human senses and nature, where has the delightful views of the babbling water and lovely fishes. At the beginning of construction progress, the designer considering the view originally blocked by the other building visually concealed that building by skillfully using trees with diverse heights. In addition to planting the original trees to more suitable locations, the designer manifested the feeling of coexistence with nature by ingeniously using landscapes, slates, and pool. The sculptures are properly adorned as a part of courtyard landscaping, where the natural ambience spawned by green field, grass land and blue sky creates charms and characteristics different from those in city life. The symphony of lifestyle composed of nature and art in this place, where the entire views with the sound of babbling water have gradually conformed into the artistic deconstruction of nature.

Project Innovation/Need

The landscape design, initially, was based on the principle preserving the original tree species and protecting the original ecology, thus naturally carrying out the landscape design to a greater extent and showing the respect to this land.

Design Challenge

Considering that the view of our base building is blocked by the other big architecture, we ingeniously constructed the tree fence that not only visually conceals the front building, also delineates the private park surrounded by the gorgeous greenery scenes. For the houseowner who wanted an ecological pond, we constructed a natural circulation system with the underground spring at the building base. The ecological pond, with fishes, algae and aquatic plants, establishes a small ecological community. The entire design plan is natural-oriented, and it endeavors to keep a harmonious relationship and coexistence with the land and nature.

Sustainability

Use energy-saving and environmentally friendly building materials to lay the foundation for the construction of ecological buildings and the creation of a human environment in harmony with the natural environment. Choose good building materials reasonably, reduce the invasion and persecution of nature, pay attention to the balance between man and nature, and live in harmony with the environment. Reasonable selection of good building materials not only reduces the persecution of nature, but also reduces construction costs. Try to use another way to cherish what nature gives, so that people and the environment can coexist in a friendly way . We are committed to providing sustainable, renewable and environmentally friendly design solutions aimed at achieving customer health, work performance and corporate success.


This award celebrates creativity and innovation in the use of practical, aesthetic, horticultural, and environmentally sustainability components, taking into account climate, site and orientation, site drainage and irrigation, human and vehicular access, furnishings and lighting.
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