Huangshan Mountain Village

Near ancient villages and one of the country’s most celebrated mountain ranges, a World Heritage landscape of green slopes and granite peaks that has long inspired artists, this residential project is part of a wider tourism masterplan for a mountain lake.

While offering the conveniences of modern living, the design defers to the culturally important landscape. The buildings vary in height and appearance and follow the topography so that the original mountain contours are kept. Their curving, stacked floor plates step out of the forest like layers of rock, with long balconies facing the lake and the hills.