Dowell Group • Future Impression

Dowel Future Impression is a refined western-style residential community in Shapingba District, Chongqing, composed of north and south plots. The site rises from east to west in three progressive terraces with an overall elevation difference of nearly six meters, and the buildings arranged across the three levels originally split the site into disconnected parts. Based on the vacation-community design tone, the team drew inspiration from Chongqing's layered, multi-dimensional urban character, using greenery to infiltrate, cliff walls to absorb level changes, and water to interweave, stacking the terraces into a borderless landscape experience. Water, with its natural healing power, runs through the cores of both zones: a 170-meter-long, 60-meter-wide unobstructed space is left open to the interior. The atrium follows the flowing-delta prototype, extending in four directions and connecting the east and west terraces with flowing lines; green islands divide the site into sections that visually link the separated terraces and extend space infinitely while carrying relatively independent functions. Materials of shade, clear water, quality stone, and warm wood interweave to form open or enclosed water spaces, including stepping stones, cascades, waterside platforms, waterborne seats, and a waterfront clubhouse. The elevation difference enriches the landscape vertically: layered terraced planting absorbs the drop while evoking a tropical jungle and connecting different levels of water-friendly atmosphere. A Rainforest Trail adventure story line links adult fitness, children's activities, plant education, and elderly wellness: children climb, crawl, and slide through a plant-museum adventure route combined with a botanical education garden featuring transparent growth spheres; elderly zones use healing plants such as ginkgo, mahonia, mint, and rosemary, with handrails and accessible ramps; and a square-foot garden lets children grow vegetables and learn where food comes from. The result immerses vacation feeling into daily life downstairs.