Yunjinxi

Rooted in the cultural Central Plains of Zhengzhou, the project sits in Zhongmou along the Jialu River, enjoying riverside natural scenery. The design condenses the city's cultural accumulation into the root of the landscape, pursuing the absorption of natural form, following one axis and multiple scenes, and extracting water as the element running through the whole to evoke Eastern charm. Rigorous scale studies refine the spatial order, creating an ideal residence hidden within the city that seeks quiet amid bustle and endows life with artistic texture. The opening presents a straight eave that conveys Central Plains civility and a noble entrance, with layered greenery softening the mass and forming a visual stairway. Texture extracted from rolling waves evolves into a three-dimensional landscape frame, with a waterside pavilion and cascading water echoing spring flowers and autumn moon. The entrance hall links landscape space for a ritual homecoming, and the sunken central courtyard brings heaven, earth, mountain, and water into one enclosure, blooming with Eastern liveliness. The enclosed, inward spatial layout constructs a unity-of-man-and-nature courtyard, respecting natural texture while possessing aesthetic charm. Calm-wave texture evolves into planar lines running through the space, with warm light strips enhancing the lively atmosphere of water, and dense planting permeating through large glass curtain walls. The fish sculpture merges with the fish-shaped waterscape and childlike stick-figure accents, extending from fish head to tail where pines and stones compose an Eastern scene, with pine trees and water blending under light like a Chinese ink painting. A vertical water curtain falls like a natural partition into the pool, resembling a fish's tail from above. Winding through trees and shrubs, soft primary-colored paving sits within greenery at a children's scale, creating a world of childhood. The 73,717-square-meter project treats Zhengzhou's charm with historical perspective and human care.