This proposal for an integrated yachting lifestyle hub in Zhuhai attempts to turn a former industrial shoreline into a main urban attraction by bringing together different functions and activities under a unifying green roof that becomes a recognizable landmark for the area, while at the same time providing offering respite for the customers during the hot tropical days.
OCTOBER 2014 - SYCM: Green Mounds
The revised design for this Zhuhai project dwells on the immediate adjacency to a forested mound formation to create similar morphologies on its site, thus aiming at a better integration of the yacht club and its facilities within the tropical landscape.
SEPTEMBER 2014 - SYCM: Bridging the Activity Gap
NDA's solutions for the development of a brand new Yacht Club and Marina in Zhuhai are presented to the Huafa Group. The main option features a bridge connection meant to strongly increase the cohesion between two sites separated by a future urban artery, an active link that engenders value-adding spatial features such as a marina-facing event pavilion, an elevated members' plaza and a terraced F&B court.
AUGUST 2014 - JLTC: Less is More
NDA's alternative proposal for the Jinhai Lake Tourist Center is presented to the Riverside Group in Beijing. The aim of the new proposal is to assist the Client reduce both the investment costs and the environmental impact on the breathtaking natural environment by downsizing the built area from 24.000 sqm to just over 7.000 sqm, while at the same time greatly improving the users' experience. Guests would descend from the elevated arrival area towards the waterscape, through a landscaped "cave" that would culminate in a sheltered belvedere platform overlooking the lake and surrounded by even more water elements.
View original project - Wave Terraces.