



WUHAN | CHINA
2024
WUHAN
CR LAND
CHANGJIANG
SKYLINE
Client:CR Land
Location:Wuhan, Hubei Province | China
Type :Residential
Site Area:Total 2.2 Hectares
Utilizing the unique spatial characteristics of Changjiang Skyline as a platform for innovative exploration, we will not only shape the landscape but also clearly and accurately depict the lifestyle and landscape expressions of a new generation of elite residences.
We aim to create an international art community that transcends traditional understanding, reflecting the contemporary lifestyle of elite clientele through the context of a “Contemporary Art Museum.” This community will combine timeless classic aesthetics with serene collections in the urban landscape.
The urban location and the thoughtful arrangement of scarce resources reflect a meticulous control in the spatial composition of elite residences, revealing a powerful aura through refined vocabulary. The space is a part of the art, exhibiting a timeless quality and visual appeal under varying light and shadow, akin to sculpture. Through a succinct yet impactful spatial design, light, and shadow dance freely across the expression of materials.
Space as Sculpture, Sculpture as Space
The sculptural composition of the space enhances the experience of traversing through it, immersing visitors in an artistic sensation created by the interplay of light and space, imbuing the environment with its inherent artistic soul. Living in an artistic space integrates life and living scenes, making them a part of the creative tableau.
This is not just a residence; it is also a delicate vessel for the changing light and shadow, a contemporary manifestation of international aesthetics, and a pursuit of purest expressions. We hope that through this elite aesthetic, we can resonate with every visitor, evoking a response to the beauty of pure harmony.
In a tranquil environment, art is concealed within the space. When people wander and pause amid the most simply captivating spatial compositions, we hope to convey a refined and pure lifestyle attitude of the next generation of elite residences through the most enchanting light and shadow, the simplest tranquillity, and the integrated sense of everyday life.
Facing City and Nature: Comprehensive Planning of the Super Base
Situated along the banks of the Yangtze River, Changjiang Skyline stands at the forefront, adjacent to a 30-meter-wide permanent waterfront public resource, providing it with invaluable and scarce natural assets. From an urban perspective, Changjiang Skyline is part of the comprehensive development of the entire area, which includes a complex co-developed with Wanshang City and seven other plots. Through the interconnected multi-level bridges, the whole area is integrated into a vast, complete, diverse, and unique spatial organizational system. The Platform Design Group has been fully involved in constructing the comprehensive landscape base for the three riverside plots.
We define the entire riverside strip as three functional connections: the riverside green belt on one side, extending over 560 meters; a three-dimensional art gallery space formed by the second-floor skywalks; and a garden living neighbourhood facing the urban side. The vast river and the permanent green belt resources envelop and cover the site. On the riverside, we plan to create more organic contours between the site interface and the public resources along the river. Shared artistic resources can foster collaboration and an artistic atmosphere that spills over into the blurred boundaries, enhancing the urban artistic landscape both inside and outside these limits.
The three-dimensional art gallery space connected by the second-floor skywalk is situated between the two groups of connections, establishing a spatial relationship across the plots. The flowing skywalks and platform spaces create a series of retreating and advancing resting corridors and social spaces alongside the residential areas, while below the skywalks are punctuated commercial spaces on street corners, forming an urban art corridor that links the three plots together.
Facing the city, the street-side art corridor space connects the three plots to form a garden art neighbourhood, all while incorporating a grand entrance to each plot within this urban interface.
The ground landscape interacts with the relationship between the first and second levels of the buildings, aiming to showcase an overall sculptural feel. Horizontal lines flow smoothly, intertwining, organizing, and seamlessly stitching together the 190-meter-long garden street. The meandering eaves of the second-floor cast shadows on the ground, also creating the effect of a sheltered walkway.
Between Reality and Illusion: The Museum Courtyard Pattern Among the Building Volumes.
The architectural volumes of Changjiang Skyline form a unique Y-shaped layout along the riverbank, providing each building with optimal conditions for panoramic views of the Yangtze River. At the ground level, to achieve a circular collection experience, we have nestled three themed exhibition halls, each with its own distinct space, between the building towers. However, these halls are interconnected through a comprehensive super base system.
Super Grand Entrance: The Temple of Art
As the super entrance of the elite residences and the International Art Center, we aim to embody the core spirit of a temple of art to enhance the atmosphere, scale, and aura of the entire space.
As the winding path leads to the foyer, the strong, three-sided, warm walls provide a stable, pure, and ordered arrival experience, creating a sense of anticipation and awe that compels visitors to fully enter this tranquil prelude before glimpsing the grandeur within.
Eight rows of nine-meter-tall columns are intentionally positioned along the elongated entrance path, forming a composition and experience rich in sequence, perspective, and scale within the square hall. The morning and evening light filters through the columns, casting reflections upon the serene water surface and creating a luminous yet eternally tranquil expression of space.
Wuhan, known as the early port city open to the world, has long embedded the DNA of international classical aesthetics into its urban aesthetic system. In addition to the colonnade sequence, we utilized Grasshopper to algorithmically design all the sculptural columns, drawing inspiration from the most fundamental arc shapes within the arch profiles.
Community Atrium: Vertical Garden, Cloud Dream Valley
Cloud Dream Valley utilizes the three-dimensional corridor space that connects the basement level two to level three, creating an ultra-scale spatial composition at the core of the internal environment. The movement lines between the three buildings, the views encountered while passing through, and the grand composition facing the main entrance foyer all contribute to a dynamic, sculptural composition from various angles within this corridor.
To ensure an overall subtle color tone that conveys a sense of sophistication and the sculptural quality of the space, the traversing corridors also serve as highly enjoyable spaces for art appreciation.
The ground of the negative two level of “Cloud Dream Valley” not only considers integrity and weather resistance but is entirely constructed using terrazzo slabs. The two curved arches of the water feature are crafted from terrazzo blocks, shaped through five-axis CNC machining. The meticulous craftsmanship allows the separately sculpted terrazzo slabs to ultimately form a cohesive expression. Under fine craftsmanship control, the entire negative two level is virtually seamless, creating an artistically sculpted valley.
Through the central atrium, Cloud Dream Valley connects to the artistic courtyard. In addition to the front Sacred Garden, the larger area will soon reveal two artistic lifestyle courtyards themed around “Ting (sandbank)” and “Yu (islet),” featuring an Art Gallery and a Forest Stream Club, respectively. Stay tuned!
The Platform Design Group is honoured to participate in this rare project. Changjiang Skyline is not just a residential endeavour; it serves more as a cross-era research topic, exploring new values and directions for contemporary housing alongside China Resources in the environment of 2024. Reflecting on the entire process, the direction we’ve pursued feels more like a sense of stability—a pursuit of ultimate aesthetics while allowing the experience to return to its simplest compositions. Through space, materials, light and shadow, and the constant laws of nature, we aim to showcase the beauty of eternity amid the ever-changing flow of time.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to China Resources Land for the trust and support received from both the headquarters and regional company! Together, we look forward to more unfinished chapters and scenes in this grand area.