The site of this 8 hectare precinct is 20 kilometers from the centre of Wuhan, a booming central Chinese city in Hubei province with a population of 10 million people. This site enjoys a 2 kilometre water frontage on one of Wuhan’s many fresh water lakes and is in close proximity to a number of Universities and tertiary institutions, local government offices and a burgeoning residential precinct.
The site incorporates 600,000 sq. m. of residential floor area comprised of 350,000 sq. m. of high rise apartment towers, 100,000 sq. m. of townhousing and 130,000 sq.m. of low rise villas. Additionally and importantly, a town centre including 30,000 sq. m. of commercial and public facilities as well as a yacht club and golf club.
Of critical importance was the way the site deals with its water front and the manner in which the waterfront can be increased to add value and delight to this residential community. The precinct was also designed to place car parking below ground in order to create a safe, pedestrian environment where landscape predominates.
A number of environmental initiatives including appropriate material usage, water recycling, solar water heating and wind power generation were proposed to add green credentials to the development.