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Dehan village in Jishou, China by AQSO arquitectos office

Friday, September 27th, 2019

Article source: AQSO arquitectos office

This hospitality complex located near Jishou, in the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan, enjoys an outstanding location with views towards the valley crossed by the Aizhai Bridge and the Deben Scenic area.

The resort includes a series of luxury villas carefully integrated with the landscape, a clubhouse with services, amenities, ballroom, tearooms, conference centre and administrative facilities as well as a spectacular restaurant on the highest spot of the mountainous scenery.

The master plan blends the flexibility required by the rugged terrain with a modular system able to rationalise the arrangement and construction of the buildings. The hilly land is therefore transformed into an orderly three-dimensional mesh made of squares and triangles, able to adapt to the different levels. This simplified net of points provides a circulation system of pathways for accessing the villas and a pattern that ensures all of them enjoy interesting views, privacy and have an optimum orientation, despite the density of the intervention.

Image Courtesy © AQSO arquitectos office

Architects: AQSO arquitectos office
Project: Dehan village
Location: Jishou, China
Site Area: 57.652 m2
Gross Floor Area: 32.575 m2

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Jishou Art Museum in China by Atelier FCJZ

Friday, May 24th, 2019

Article source: Atelier FCJZ

A Social Cause

The city of Jishou, where the Jishou Art Museum is located, is the regional capital of Xiangxi (western Hunan), a minority autonomous zone. Initially, the municipal government considered parcels of lands in the development zone outside the city; however, we the architects proposed to build the art museum in the center of the old town because we believed that a cultural facility should be easily accessible. A river called Wanrong runs through the middle of Jishou, which makes the most central location for the art museum over the water course and the art museum then doubles as a pedestrian bridge naturally. We hope that people in Jishou would not only make a special trip to see art but will also encounter art on their way to work, to school, or to shop.