Article source: Ojanen_Chiou Architects LLP

Kunshan City, China, is known as the birthplace of traditional Kunqu opera, and is renowned for its unique canal townships in the Yangtze River Delta.  In 2008, the competition sponsor called for ideas for a new 955,000sm waterfront commercial district at a key oxbow portion of the Wusong River in order to support the area’s booming economy while creating public amenities and open space and ameliorating the effects of decades of industrial development.

Exterior View forum and hotel

• Architect: Ojanen_Chiou Architects LLP
• Project: Kunshan Huaqiao Forum and Hotel Proposal
• Location: Kunshan City, China
• Architectural Design Partner: Suzhou Industrial Park Design & Research Institute Co. LTDMaster Planner
• Landscape Architect: SWA Group
• Status: Phase I currently under construction
• Software used: AutoCad, Sketchup, Rhino, and Adobe CS2.  The renderings and animation were done in 3Ds Max.

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