Ezhou mediatek red east of luxury

Lianfa Hongshu Dongfang in Ezhou, Hunan, sits by Honglian (Red Lotus) Lake in Huarong District, on a 28,761-square-metre site 37 kilometres from Wuhan, 17 from the Yangtze and 2.6 from the G50 expressway. The lake is named for its red lotuses and is famous for paired-stem lotus (one stem, two flowers), a symbol of long life, good harvest and pure love; its water level is controlled and its quality exceptionally pure. As an urban-renewal project, the design by Shanghai Wuding Landscape aims to build a shared resort park for the surrounding city, with the concept "lake-life, returning-to-heart". Soft natural curves drawn from flowing water and lotus open a forest-resort journey called "Lotus Realm". The entrance is the Cloud-Top Lotus Umbrella: seven lotus forms of different sizes, referencing the seven-step lotus beneath the Red Lotus Fairy, create a wooden portal with an aerial book bar above. Beyond lies a secret waterside with shallow reflecting pools and sculptural metal planters on islands, leading through mist to the sales gallery. A borderless shallow pool in deep and light blue mosaic offers afternoon tea over the lake. The children's zone is a jungle-adventure playground wrapped around existing trees on two levels - upper for monkey-style climbing, lower for snake-like crawling. The Firefly Forest lounge uses bird-norm forms, casual seats and firefly lights for night atmosphere. Forest water houses frame the whole lake. The True-Love Ring is a mirror-stainless sculpture of two rings, 5 and 4.1 metres high, shaped like wedding bands to cast a moon silhouette, with a mist system and three-phase night lighting. The Wind Chapel, inspired by lotus petals, is transparent, light and luminous, with pure white surfaces weaving light into shadow. The 10,000-square-metre landscape is pitched at China's new affluent class seeking slow lakeside living.