New Town No.1 Tianchen

The project is located in Lvliang, Shanxi Province, covering a clubhouse and model room functional spaces. Rooted in Lvliang’s regional cultural context, the design unfolds around the “Native Culture” theme, integrating a sunken courtyard, open circulation, and material narratives to create an “urban mountain retreat” experience within a versatile clubhouse space.
The design employs an “enclosure + permeability” approach to revitalize the sunken courtyard, making it the central hub connecting four functional areas: water bar, reading lounge, gym, and swimming pool.
The distinctive clubhouse façade is undoubtedly the project’s most recognizable spatial feature.
Originally, the clubhouse was a standalone structure divided by three floor slabs, lacking spatial continuity and interaction between levels, resulting in an isolated, fragmented vertical structure. The design team, based on the existing structure, partially recessed the floor slabs (termed “floor slab setback”) near the glass curtain wall facing the sunken courtyard, creating a spatial texture reminiscent of Lvliang’s undulating mountain forms. This evokes visual and emotional associations with the regional landscape, fostering a deeper connection between people and space, while breaking spatial constraints caused by traditional floor divisions, enabling visual and circulatory connections between levels.
This treatment creates a fully transparent interface from the sunken courtyard to the interior, resembling a carefully curated “display window” that seamlessly blends natural scenery with indoor spaces, becoming the project’s most iconic and memorable spatial scene.
At the clubhouse entrance, a dual floating metal art installation, inspired by liquid metal’s fluidity, mimics Lvliang’s winding mountain contours. Spotlights highlight the sculpture’s curved surfaces, casting dynamic light and shadow patterns, enhancing spatial narrative and rhythm.
The second-floor lounge, themed as an “urban retreat,” uses aluminum foam ceilings to reflect sunset hues, evoking a “serene, shimmering” twilight ambiance. Paired with modern art-inspired custom furniture and soft furnishings, it fosters a relaxed, comfortable conversational atmosphere.
The swimming pool’s curved ceiling, shaped like layered waves, mirrors Lvliang’s mountain outlines. Warm light strips embedded in artistic glass grilles refract onto the water, yielding a “floating mountain shadow” effect through the interplay of structure and reflection.