Escape in Hangzhou » Art http://www.viewhangzhou.com The Title Should Help You Out A Bit Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:16:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Hangzhou Gets Weird Architecture http://www.viewhangzhou.com/2010/03/hangzhou-gets-weird-architecture/ http://www.viewhangzhou.com/2010/03/hangzhou-gets-weird-architecture/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:06:28 +0000 SWG http://www.viewhangzhou.com/?p=1506 Architectural firm Stephen Holls has recently won the design competition to rebuild an old industrial site here in Hangzhou. This is properly space age looking stuff, although the design is supposed to be taken from a style of Chinese painting known as 山水 (Shanshui or Mountain Water Landscapes). The whole project will be about 25 hectares of construction on about 25 hectares, so it is huge. And will include flats and an exhibition centre. I am no architect so really dont want to make much more comment on this – but go read for yourself where this article came from:

Dezeen Magazine

A vertical gathering of the overall “bow tie” plan into a Water and Mountain tower alludes to the spirit of Hangzhou. From this central position in the large site, one tower branches towards tributary forms approaching the Oxygen sector while the other branches toward landscape forms at the Boiler sector. – From the website of the Architect

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