IDPA Japan Design Award

KUNMING HUAFA ACADEMY MANSION

by Zhuhai Huafa Properties Co., Ltd

Project Description

Located in Xishan District, Kunming, KUNMING HUAFA ACADEMY MANSION is in a city park in the Caohai area, adjacent to Dayu Road, near Hangrui Highway, north of Mount Mian, south of Caohai, surrounded by residential areas, which makes a natural place for people to enjoy.
The landscape of the ACADEMY MANSION hides the charm of poetic scenery; the history of the academy flows with the civilization of cultural heritage and etiquette. Kunming · Shuxiang Yunhai, with an academy, inherits cultural heritage and etiquette, and captures the essence of everyday life. The project extracts the impression of traditional Chinese academies, and through the combination of space and reasonable scale, creates a leisurely and harmonious living space that blends reality and illusion. It integrates the connotation and spirit of the five-layered academy homecoming etiquette, capturing the scenery, filling it with leisure, and leaving a place of tranquility and elegance.
First Layer: Commercial Design - The surrounding environment and the deep cultural heritage of the site are compatible, forming a collision of nature and humanity and reflecting the future life of scholars and literati.
Second Layer: Homecoming Etiquette - The entrance features an academy-style gate, highlighting the welcoming ceremony. The landscape fully integrates with the architecture, with the facade’s image romantically colliding with the building.
Third Layer: Core Courtyard - The central landscape area features an oversized sunny lawn. The residents can lie on the landscape chairs to bask in the sun or rest in the open pavilions, accompanied by children’s laughter, the scent of flowers, and the gentle breeze.
Fourth Layer: Forest Leisure - Embraced by fragrance, the residents can feel the warmth of plants and the timeless elegance of greenery. Participants blend into the space, with hidden nobility among the flower forests, transitioning from noise to tranquility, giving the space a quiet and pleasant functional attribute, creating a truly heartwarming space.
Fifth Layer: Outdoor Living Room - Sit down in front of the home, drink tea, meditate, read, and reflect. The plant paths and exclusive exquisite seats provide warmth and convenience for community life, allowing residents to experience the tone and quality of future life.

Zhuhai Huafa Properties Co., Ltd


Zhuhai Huafa Properties Co., Ltd. (abbreviation: Huafa Properties) is a platform company undertaking the real estate development sector of Huafa Group. It was established in 1992 and has national first-class real estate development qualifications. It was successfully listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2004. Since 2012, Huafa has fully implemented the development strategy of "Based at Zhuhai, evolved throughout the country, and explored overseas". In recent years, it has successfully deployed nearly 50 important cities of the Mainland, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, which formed a national strategic layout covering Zhuhai, South China, East China, North China and Beijing. Huafa has created more than 170 Boutique Habitat, serving more than 600,000 owners, and actively exploring Hong Kong, Macao and overseas markets, which has realized a magnificent turn from Zhuhai Huafa to China Huafa.

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