Referencing the island communities' art of taking advantage of local hilly landscapes to create terraced settlements with amazing vistas towards the sea, the commercial program is re-arranged into terraced levels that offer visitors the chance to stroll around an elevated F&B, retail and culture district, with breath-taking vistas of the open sea. Lush tropical greenery, refreshing water curtains and a vocabulary of local yellow stones with wooden highlights contributes to this project’s mission to rediscover the quintessential attributes of tropical architecture in order to provide visitors with a genuine island experience.
DECEMBER 2015 - Fuzhou_ECRC: Life. Unveiled.
In an act of urban reverence towards the accommodating marina plaza, the apartment building undergoes a process of gradual opening up towards it, allowing its privacy-insuring vertical mesh to pull back and expose an intricate system of loggias and cantilevered terraces. The burgeoning life of a highly introverted residential building - finally unveiled.
NOVEMBER 2015 - Hanoi_VNEC: V for Vietnam
Capitalizing on the development's potential to imprint the first image of Vietnam into the memory of visitors arriving to the capital from the international airport, the V tower uses simple, yet powerful imagery to position itself as a symbol for the entire nation: V for Vietnam.
OCTOBER 2015 - Hanoi_VNEC: A Spine of Light
The guiding principle behind NDA's submission for an invited international competition to design Vietnam's Exhibition Center is organizing complex and diverging functions along an activity concourse that encourages creative interactions. In this night-time visualization, the observer can easily grasp the dynamics of these confluences that organically flow and converge to create activities, encounters and ultimately - architecture.
SEPTEMBER 2015 - Wuhan_WHTV: Wuhan Media Wings
Aiming to capture the unique spirit of Wuhan in this landmark building, the design of NDA's final submission for this TV station headquarters dwells on local myths and symbols to propose an aesthetic that tries to capture the dynamism and energy of flight in its architectural expression, relying on winged canopies to provide ample, and welcoming spaces for the visiting public.
AUGUST 2015 - Wuhan_WTVH: The Media Vortex
These first explorations for an integrated TV Station and Media Center features dynamic volumes that come together in a vortex-like formation in order to express the tumultuous evolution of media from its early development stages to the high-tech media convergence format of today.
JULY 2015 - Zhuhai_JPMP: Streams of Life
Public flows stream like vital arteries between these highly integrated, terraced mixed-use communities that aim to transform the site of an antiquated container port into the next lifestyle destination of the Pearl River Delta.
JUNE 2015 - Fuzhou_ECRC: Learning from Fujian - Fostering Communities
Informed by the province's world-acclaimed tradition of circular multi-family dwellings known as "Fujian Tulou", the buildings' volumes revolve around circular open patios, rejuvenating spatial typologies intrinsically designed to both protect and foster creative communities.
MAY 2015 - Zhuhai_WMMP: Wavescape
This complex maritime transport terminal facility moves beyond simple infrastructural logic and functionalities to provide the Pearl River Delta with a new integrated lifestyle hub that invites citizens to experience an elevated F&B scenic promenade without interfering with the passenger flows underneath. The organic, sinuous design of the development is aimed at blurring the traditional dividing lines between water, landscape and building.
APRIL 2015 - Fuzhou_ECRC: The Ship's Hull
Echoing a wooden ship's hull, the compelling vertical rhythm of the main facades pays tribute to the local tradition of shipbuilding - for centuries a quintessential part of the economic and cultural landscapes of Fuzhou. The development is set to become a truly integrated local cultural landmark.