Zhuo Yue Yun Cui

Hidden within the bustling city, this project redefines modern residential landscape as an urban forest residence. The site is located at the intersection of West Hangzhou Road and Mianzhou Road in Zhengxing Subdistrict, Tianfu New Area, roughly 24.5 kilometers from central Chengdu and about five kilometers from Xinglong Lake, within the western part of the Tianfu New Area central business district that will become the new southern core beyond the existing Financial City. The surrounding greenery is rich, with lakes and canals framing the site. Building on this distinctive setting, the designers continued the greenery into the site under the theme of emerald, using it as the narrative thread that connects the entire landscape. The project covers only about 10.5 mu with a landscape area under 5,000 square meters, and the team maximized the landscape in two ways: by leveraging the adjacent jointly built parkland of about 13 mu as a complementary facility through dynamic and static zoning, and by designing a winding internal route that enriches the pedestrian experience and makes the small feel large. The emerald narrative unfolds in three movements: garden emerald, water emerald, and forest emerald. The homecoming entrance is square and clean, combining metal aluminum panels, emerald glazed brick, and premium gray flooring like a luxury boutique window, with a custom emerald art installation of undulating silver-hued glass that shifts in green depth, and a 40-meter display facade that ensures pedestrian and vehicle separation. Inside, the arrival lobby connects to a courtyard with a club lounge, book bar, sunken garden, and shaded resting platform, creating a hotel-like urban resort atmosphere. The sunken seating hidden among shrubs offers semi-private quiet for afternoon conversation, while the cascading water feature is paved with green jade-veined natural marble so that the pool resembles a giant emerald, echoing the water-emerald theme. The planting design aims to immerse residents in a forest, selecting trees by species, position, massing, form, and even tilt angle and best viewing side, while lower layers use unusual herbaceous perennials in a calm palette to recreate a jungle effect. Details such as the undulating silver-glass feature wall carry the emerald theme throughout.