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White Mountain Club House

Kris Lin International Design

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JURY VOTES
Entertainment Venue
5.97
6.43
6.28
5.33
6.01
Sabine Krieg
Sabine Krieg Dean of the design faculty at University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
6.31
7.67
7.1
5
6.52
Misak Terzibasiyan
Misak Terzibasiyan Founder and Principal Architect at UArchitects
6.06
7.55
6.98
5
6.4
Claudia Fischer-Appelt
Claudia Fischer-Appelt Founder and Creative Director at Karl Anders
5.07
6.02
6.07
5.53
5.67
Lynn Ya'nan
Lynn Ya'nan Partner & Brand Director at HYLLA Cultural Tourism Development
5.54
6.58
5.57
6.67
6.09
Rian Knop
Rian Knop Founder at Studio Rianknop
5.54
5.4
4.73
4.43
5.03
Nills Gesman
Nills Gesman Architect & Design Sales Manager at Cosentino
6.1
6.81
6.95
5
6.22
Li Wenqiang
Li Wenqiang Founder & Design Director at PIG Design
5.81
5.45
5.6
5
5.47
Jan Geysen
Jan Geysen Founder and Head Designer at PUUR interieurarchitecten
7.1
6.88
7.17
6.52
6.92
Yorgo Lykouria
Yorgo Lykouria Creative Principal at Rainlight
5.49
6.13
5.95
4.99
5.64
Alexandra Georgescu
Alexandra Georgescu Founding Partner at KOGAA
Smart and beautiful use of one syst...
7.51
7.72
7.3
5.49
7.01
Mieko Watanabe
Mieko Watanabe Director at wAtelier
5.17
4.56
5.66
5.05
5.11
Client
Galaxy Group
Floor area
2200 ㎡
Completion
2020
Design Director
Design Director

The project is located in Xuanwu District, Nanjing. The project base is located in the underground space. Disadvantages: One is how to solve the problem of underground lighting and poor landscape, and the other is how to guide people from the ground to the underground club space. 

Advantages: The project is located in Xuanwu District, the central city of Nanjing; therefore, the surrounding communities have laid a good foundation for its popularity. In addition, there are underground passages connecting the project base and the surrounding communities, which contribute to a strong accessibility; in the future, there will be an underground station constructed in this area, making the club functions as a transportation hub. Therefore, the positioning of the project is to create an international open community. 

Design Strategy
The strategy applied in this project is to combine the surficial landscape space and the underground construction, integrating the concept of mountain shapes to create a landscape -style building. In this way, the building’s perception of solidity will be weakened to fully integrate into the urban space. It also reduces the interference of the building to the urban environment and maintains the continuity of the urban landscape space. 

Design Inspiration
The project base is surrounded by mountains, with natural landscape resources such as Zijin Mountain and Hongshan Forest Zoo. The designer, inspired by the shape of the rolling hills, creates the surficial landscape which extends down to the visual surface of the building. It connects the surficial and underground space. The petal-shaped landscape staircase leads people into the main functional space of the building.

Social Impact
The project aimed to reactivate the public space around the community, transforming and redefining the previous residential conditions of the location. Indoor settings include: Activity Centre for Kids, Reading Room, Indoor Swimming Pool, Gym, Private Banquet Hall, Coffee bar and other activity areas. For the existence of both outdoor landscape and the indoor space, even though it is relatively limited, people can interact actively in this open and flowing space. We hope that the community centre, as a place for exchanges and gatherings, can promote family relationships and neighbourhood relationships, and become a city node that stimulates public energy.