Tahoe Cathay Courtyard, Xiamen
Project Client: Xiamen Tahoe Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
Project Scale: 170,000㎡
Project Location: Xiamen
Design Time: 2013
Tahoe Cathay Courtyard is the first neo-Chinese style villa residence built in Xiamen. Located in Xinjing Road, Haicang District, close to Haicang Middle School, it can be conveniently accessed from everywhere. With surrounding abundant natural landscape resources and supporting facilities, the design of this project aimed at creating the largest premium villa residence in Xiamen with Neo-Chinese style design methods.
Based on the design principles of integrating the royal style, modern design methods and contemporary trends, designers tried to inherit Chinese ritual culture to build the neo-Chinese style landscape with modern approaches. At the same time, within this project, it explored the essence of the classical Chinese gardens. Discarding the dregs, the simple lines and unified structure are applied, which contain the thoughts of Confucianism and Buddhism, to create a modern, elegant and amiable living environment. Stepping into it, visitors could be alone to enjoy the leisure and practice meditation. From the body to the heart, they will keep a thought-provoking experience in mind.
Inspired by "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys", a famous historic and cultural residential area in the ancient Fuzhou city, the whole project is designed with three courtyards, five alleys and eight lanes. In the residence, winding roads lead to the secluded dwelling with changing scenery at each moving step, lanes and alleys are built in a criss-crossed way. Whereupon, a livable environment is created combining the nobility of royal garden mansion with the privacy between the neighbors. Based on the design principle of integrating living environment with natural elements, the ecological and diversified plant palette is well adopted to create an ecological and livable residential landscape area. The design goal of this project is to build a harmonious living realm between man and nature.
Project Overview
Project Client: Xiamen Tahoe Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
Project Scale: 170,000㎡
Project Location: Xiamen
Design Time: 2013
Tahoe Cathay Courtyard is the first neo-Chinese style villa residence built in Xiamen. Located in Xinjing Road, Haicang District, close to Haicang Middle School, it can be conveniently accessed from everywhere. With surrounding abundant natural landscape resources and supporting facilities, the design of this project aimed at creating the largest premium villa residence in Xiamen with Neo-Chinese style design methods.
Based on the design principles of integrating the royal style, modern design methods and contemporary trends, designers tried to inherit Chinese ritual culture to build the neo-Chinese style landscape with modern approaches. At the same time, within this project, it explored the essence of the classical Chinese gardens. Discarding the dregs, the simple lines and unified structure are applied, which contain the thoughts of Confucianism and Buddhism, to create a modern, elegant and amiable living environment. Stepping into it, visitors could be alone to enjoy the leisure and practice meditation. From the body to the heart, they will keep a thought-provoking experience in mind.
Inspired by "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys", a famous historic and cultural residential area in the ancient Fuzhou city, the whole project is designed with three courtyards, five alleys and eight lanes. In the residence, winding roads lead to the secluded dwelling with changing scenery at each moving step, lanes and alleys are built in a criss-crossed way. Whereupon, a livable environment is created combining the nobility of royal garden mansion with the privacy between the neighbors. Based on the design principle of integrating living environment with natural elements, the ecological and diversified plant palette is well adopted to create an ecological and livable residential landscape area. The design goal of this project is to build a harmonious living realm between man and nature.
