Golden A' Design Award Winner 2025
Minquan Wang's Yunhai Shimen Industry Park emerges as a masterful aerial rendering capturing the twilight transformation of a contemporary mixed-use development, where five luminous tower structures command the compositional center, their vertical white facades creating a rhythmic counterpoint against the surrounding urban fabric of residential blocks rendered in cooler grey-blue tones that recede into atmospheric haze toward the horizon, the compositional architecture employing a dynamic diagonal thrust from lower left to upper right that guides the eye through layers of spatial depth beginning with arterial roadways whose warm amber light trails suggest vehicular movement and temporal passage, continuing through verdant parkland occupying the middle ground where serpentine pathways and scattered warm-toned illumination points create intimate gathering spaces beneath mature canopy, and culminating in the gleaming tower cluster whose stepped massing and rooftop terraces with green plantings demonstrate sophisticated volumetric articulation, the chromatic palette orchestrating a sophisticated dialogue between the cool cerulean and slate greys of the architectural masses and the warm cadmium yellows and amber oranges of artificial illumination that punctuate the dusk atmosphere, while the tonal structure maintains a predominantly low-key register with strategic high-value accents concentrated in the illuminated tower facades and street-level lighting that establish clear visual hierarchy, the atmospheric perspective achieving remarkable depth through progressive value compression and edge softening in distant residential towers that dissolve into misty atmospheric conditions suggesting humid evening air, the rendering technique demonstrating photorealistic precision in material differentiation from the reflective glass curtain walls to the matte concrete podiums to the organic textures of parkland vegetation, compositional balance achieved through asymmetrical distribution with the tower cluster positioned right of center counterweighted by the expansive green park system at left, creating dynamic equilibrium that celebrates the integration of dense urban development with generous public landscape amenity.
Yunhai Shimen Industry Park aspires to be the new engine of industrial and economic growth to Qujiang District, Quzhou, a thriving city in Zhejiang, China. Drawing inspiration from the mountainous landscape in Qujiang, the project design lends itself as an analogue to mountains and clouds with its clean, geometric forms of staggering towers and cascading platforms. The interconnected podium platforms, tower open spaces, as well as a the Cloud Deck gallery together accommodate to civic activities at varying levels and scales.