London Design Gold

2025

Changsha Meixi Lake Damei Universe Center

Entrant Company

HO & PARTNERS (CHINA) ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS LIMITED

Category

Architectural Design - Mix Use Architectural Designs

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

This project is located in the core area of Meixihu International New City in Yuelu District, Changsha City, with a total construction area of 183,900 square meters and a plot ratio of 5.0. It is a highend urban complex project created by Damei Group. The project relies on the superior ecological resources and urban development plan of Meixi Lake, integrating functions such as business office, commercial leisure, and highend residential areas, aiming to become a new landmark of Changsha city.

hpa is responsible for the conceptual planning scheme design, planning and individual building scheme design of this project, as well as providing preliminary design consultation for the architectural specialty and construction drawing design consultation for the architectural specialty.

This project employs a transparent, three-story internal commercial ring to connect the two plots, enclosing a diverse green central square. The four corners of the site are closely connected to the commercial street roundabout by roads. Four towers are distributed at the four main entrance nodes of the site, emphasizing the project's distinctiveness.

The goal of the circular commercial design is to implant three indispensable elements of modern quality life into the commercial street: art; Entertainment Work. This makes consumers' business experience more astonishing and diverse. The open circular passage and the three-dimensional pedestrian traffic flow lines will greatly enhance the accessibility of the internal commercial street and the central commercial circle. Adhering to the concept of "golden corners and silver edges" in Chinese Go philosophy, this further reflects the design principle of this project: enhancing the comfort and public participation of the entire Meixihu area.

The first indigo hotel in Changsha is located on the northeast side of the base. With an excellent view of Meixi Lake, the overhanging sky swimming pool faces the lake water, creating a private, quiet and healthy high-quality communication space on the green-covered corridor and terrace. The spatial design of the super high-rise building highlights the contribution of the Meixi Lake landscape and further explores the landscape resources brought by the communicative community landscape and the circular commercial street within the site.

Credits

Managing Director
Hin Ngai, Ho
Deputy Managing Director
Pik Wan, Yip
Design Director
Darren Man Keat, Chan
Design Director
Xiaowei Miao
Deputy Design Director
Yacen Zhang
Head of Design Department (Client)
Chuangqiang Ren
Deputy Design Director
Wei Wang
Design Director
Donghao Yu
Deputy Design Director
Jiaqiao Zhang
Project Leader (Partner)
Chang Tan
Chief Architect (Partner)
Wu Liu
Project Leader (Partner)
Ting Jiang
Design Director
Kwan, Shum
Design Director
Kin Man Kevin, Ling
Design Director
Kei Shun, Choy
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