The design evolves around the prime beach location with a central pedestrian boardwalk that services both the low and mid-rise residential housing blocks. The central boardwalk runs parallel to the beach, creating views of the water while taking the visitor through areas of gardens and retail within the new development.
The dune-shaped residential development is designed to maximize sunlight, assuring that each apartment receives a minimum of two hours of direct sunlight daily, while optimizing views from the individual apartments as well as natural ventilation. The western edge of the site provides vehicular access with drop offs as well as access to below-ground parking areas freeing up the interior of the site to pedestrians, while the northern part of the site is developed as a mixed-use office and retail development.
Program: Residential, Office, Commercial and Landscape
Type: Invited Competition
Size: 280.000 square metres residential, 40.000 square metres mixed-use office & retail
Team: HAO/Holm Architecture Office and Archiland Beijing
Location: Tianjin, Binhai, China
