Lougang City CBD for Taihu | Descry Design
Lougang City CBD for Taihu by gad

Lougang City CBD for Taihu

Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2020

From an elevated aerial vantage point suggesting observation from several hundred feet above the site, this architectural rendering presents a comprehensive waterfront urban development organized around two dramatically sculptural high-rise towers that dominate the central composition, scanning from the expansive background toward the detailed foreground reveals first a broad body of water rendered in cool jade-green and soft aquamarine tones suggesting a substantial lake, its surface calm with minimal texture implying gentle atmospheric conditions, the water stretching across the upper third of the frame and extending toward a hazy horizon where distant mountains appear in muted purple-gray suggesting considerable atmospheric depth perhaps five to ten miles distant, the sky above gradates from powder blue at its highest point through progressively paler tones toward the horizon creating the sense of vast open space and clear visibility, moving forward into the middle ground the two signature towers rise with striking presence, the leftmost tower employing a spiraling twisted geometry that appears to rotate as it ascends perhaps fifty or sixty stories, its facade articulated through horizontal bands of reflective glass in cool silver-blue tones alternating with white or light gray spandrel panels creating a rhythmic striped pattern, this tower's form suggests the smooth cool sensation of polished metal and glass, beside it and slightly to the right stands an equally tall but more restrained tower with a gentle concave curve along one face, its surface similarly banded but reading as slightly warmer in tone with cream and pale gold accents mixed among the white and glass, both towers would feel hard and smooth to touch with the slick coolness of contemporary curtain wall construction, between and around these landmark structures the urban fabric fills with mid-rise buildings perhaps ten to twenty stories tall rendered in darker charcoal gray, deep slate, and crisp white forming a dense but organized grid of rectangular blocks, these shorter buildings present more solid opaque facades with regular window punches suggesting the moderate roughness of precast concrete or the smoothness of painted metal panels, interspersed throughout this built density appear bright emerald-green spaces suggesting parks, plazas, and tree-lined streets, these planted areas would feel soft and yielding underfoot with the organic irregular texture of grass and foliage creating visual and implied tactile relief from the hard geometry of architecture, a distinctive golden-bronze linear element cuts diagonally through the foreground suggesting a grand pedestrian promenade or transit corridor, its warm metallic color contrasting with the cool grays and greens surrounding it and implying the hard smooth warmth of stone paving or metallic cladding catching sunlight, the overall lighting suggests midday with diffused quality creating soft gentle shadows rather than harsh contrasts, the light would feel neither hot nor cool but pleasantly temperate, the atmosphere suggests a still clear day with excellent visibility and moderate comfortable temperature, the implied sounds would include the distant ambient hum of urban activity softened by distance and height, perhaps the gentle movement of water at shoreline, and the rustle of tree canopies in light breeze, the entire composition conveys a sense of planned order, contemporary sophistication, environmental integration, and metropolitan vitality, inviting listeners to mentally construct an expansive three-dimensional urban landscape where human architectural ambition reaches skyward while remaining grounded in accessible horizontal urbanism and connection to natural water and landscape features.

The project aims to design a new central business district for Huzhou. Its design is inspired and well integrated with local traditional ecological system. On the southern bank of taihu lake, The new internal lake provides quality waterfront public spaces. At the heart of the district, there are two pedestrian skywalks connecting the new railway station, the skyscraper and the exhibition park, while separating the vehicular traffic from pedestrians. The new urban environment is harmonized with nature, creating a balance between the urban developments and its landscape.