The site locates on the east seafront of Liandao island of Lianyungang, an emerging harbor city booming in the middle section of the coastline of China. The beach hosts about 20,000 swimmers everyday in the peak time of summer. We were commissioned to design new facilities for bath service, restaurant & bars, fitness, entertainment and accommodations to meet the needs of increasing crowd.Facing east to the Pacific Ocean, the building lay on the hillside with 3 Y-shape slabs.
The stacking and setback platforms of the slabs distribute pedestrian flows to different levels from the main entry of the beach, while offering terrific views for all floors of the building. The Y-shape provides opportunities for different functional volumes to interact with each other and creates dynamic experience of open spaces on and below the roofs. These 100 -150m long slab buildings establish a scale dialogue with both the coastal mountain and wave topography of the ocean, hence to present an ambition of the city to develop and grow.
