Zhangzhou ITG Top Mansion

Zhangzhou is a city in harmony with the world and full of imagination. The earthen building life we are familiar with seems poetic and introverted, accompanied by rouge walls, swallowtail houses, riding corridors, etc. The city developed a resilient yet delicate personality through the integration of domestic and overseas cultures.

The project is situated in the intersection of the old and new urban boundaries based on two considerations: ① To continue the old city’s cultural context and maintain its calm and honest personality; ② To bring a new image to the city’s core region. Meanwhile, the plot is a 170m*20m strip with complicated situations in the old city district. Thus, how to artfully use the limited space and bring a safe, comfortable walking space to citizens bring grim challenges to the design. Hence the design abandons flashy symbols but adopts a more unique perspective to select the clues with higher symbolic significance and are more consistent with Zhangzhou’s local personality. It has successfully created a section of an urban garden walkway through the riding gallery.