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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Enshi Grand Canyon Theme Park Resort in Hubei Province, China by Architectural & Urban Planning Design & Research Institute of Huazhon University of Science & TechnologyJuly 5th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Architectural & Urban Planning Design & Research Institute of Huazhon University of Science & Technology Design Description Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is located at the southwestern part of Hubei Province. According to the legend, the Tujia people are descendants of the ancient Ba people, who were Chu people during the Warring States period. As Qin destroyed Chu, part of the Chu people fled into the deep mountains to avoid Qin, which resulted in Wuling people and hundreds of square kilometers of peach blossom recorded in the “Peach-Blossom Source”.  Image Courtesy © Feng Wei
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 Image Courtesy © Feng Wei  Image Courtesy © Feng Wei The site is located in the mysterious Grand Canyon in western Hubei Province, where the local pillar-supported dwelling building of Tujia minority has distinctive local features. The architects drew nutrients from the Tujia traditional dwellings, which included the planning pattern of the settlement, the grounding of the house, the processing of the roof, the way of the adjacent building, the type selection of the local plants and the use of the local materials. The designers have considered about the mountain planning, slope construction, local landscape ,social care and many other aspects of the problems. There exists a certain contradiction among landscape view setting, contour processing, sunshine acquisition and many other requirements for mountain buildings. With the magnificent Enshi Grand Canyon located in the west part of the site, the architect took an adjustable local architectural skin strategy to defuse the above contradictions when facing the option between the best view and bad west orientation.  Image Courtesy © Feng Wei  Image Courtesy © Feng Wei Innovative design ideas The resort hotel is located on the barren hills of an average slope of about 30%, which restrained transforms the nature .The complexity of the terrain leads to the diversity in the perspective and the field of vision, as well as the richness of the sense of hierarchy. Located on different elevations, the car roads and people-walking “Heaven Street” lead to the building with the three-dimensional entrances of two-way split level, thus providing better vitality for the public space.  Image Courtesy © Feng Wei  Image Courtesy © Feng Wei While “reducing the ground” is the “counter changes with consistency” grounding principle for Tujia building ,“Diao-Jiao” becomes the inevitable choice of Tujia people “benefiting from the slope”. The logic of the terrain changes is conveyed from the wall to the roof, thus making the Tujia building roofs also present a free and changing image. With the semi stilt style of “reducing the ground”, the first half of the building is set up by columns and overhangs, while the latter part falls on the floor. The interior floor of the floating part and the rear floor flush, to reduce the earth and provide more use space. The characteristic parts of the vernacular architecture are derived from the use of regional materials. In this design, some non-decorative local materials such as gray tiles, stone blocks and reorganized bamboo walls are moderately used.  Image Courtesy © Feng Wei Retaining wall is not only a security measure, but also the means of space enclosing, and sometimes the continuation of the building facade. Solved by multi-layer height difference method, the gravity retaining walls are dealt with green belts , which can not only resolve the hidden danger of the collapse ,but also develop green belts with gradation.  Image Courtesy © Feng Wei New resort hotel should not compete with local aborigines. In accordance with the Greek theater terrain-use principle, the architect designed an outdoor theater with 4000 seats, in which more than 200 extras can performance a huge landscape real drama on the same stage, while the Grand Canyon has become the natural background of the stage.  Image Courtesy © Feng Wei Architectural & Urban Planning Design & Research Institute of Huazhong University of Science& Technology The Architectural and Urban Planning Design & Research Institute Co.,Ltd. of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), started in 1953, is one of the earliest design institutes founded in universities directly attached to the State Ministry of Education of P.R.China. In 2001, it was enlarged through combining three design institutes: the Architectural and the Urban Planning Design & Research Institutes of the former Wuhan Urban Construction Institute as well as the Architectural Design & Research Institute of the former HUST. It holds the design certificates issued by the State Ministry of Construction in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Municipal Engineering Design. Meanwhile, it holds an Engineering Consulting Certificate issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, allowing it to develop many types’ projects of design & consultation service. In addition, the design institute has been approved to the ISO9001 Quality Assurance Standard.  slope becomes outdoor public theater, Image Courtesy © Feng Wei The design institute is rich in human resource. It is well-equipped and technologically advanced. And it has efficiently completed engineering design projects in fields of education and research, culture and sports, office, transportation, tourism, commerce, house, ancient architecture as well as industrial plant. Meanwhile it offered high quality services related to all kinds of urban planning, municipal engineering, landscape architecture design, interior design as well as engineering consulting. Hundreds of the projects of design and consultation are awarded by National or Provincial Best Engineering Design Awards, gaining good reputation among its customers all over the country.  construction site, Image Courtesy © Feng Wei Profile | Baofeng Li Baofeng Li, the professor of architecture, National 1st class Registered Architect and also the member of NBAA (National Board of Architectural Accreditation). The president of the Architectural and Urban Planning Design & Research Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), the president of the Magazine of New Architecture, the editorial member of the Magazine of Architect ,the director of the Architectural Society of China(ASC). B.Arch. of South China University of Technology in Guangzhou, M. Arch. of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, PhD in Architecture of Tsinghua University in Beijing. Visiting scholar of TUM Germany at 1988,2000-2001.  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