Xianghu Liberty Manor

Hangzhou, Zhejiang Client: goa

Nestled within Hangzhou's Xianghu Lake Tourism Resort, Xianghu Liberty Manor embodies the poetic essence captured in the historic description: "sparse hills frame crystalline depths." This natural endowment and cultural legacy form the project's foundational narrative. Positioned along the southwestern shore, the estate cascades down a valley flank, framing view of the rippling Xianghu Lake to the east and the undulating silhouette of the Jiangjun Hill to the south, crafting an architectural hideaway that dissolves boundaries between landscape and habitation."Becoming nature" constitutes the project's design ethos. Approaching the entrance, the streamlined façade retreats behind roadside vegetation, its volume dissolving into site boundaries. Vegetated roofing merges with peripheral greenery, concurrently reducing heat reflection and mitigating urban heat island effects.