Cloud Mansion: A Modern Minimalist Landscape Design

Designers Jiayuan Zhang and Zhi Cheng Create a Unique, Tranquil Space

The Cloud Mansion is a testament to the designers' ability to create an integrated business loop motion line in a limited space, while maintaining the privacy of the inner space from disturbances. The design team applied space partition techniques to ensure transparency and soft transition, fostering an independent atmosphere and emotional value.

Each boundary of the Cloud Mansion features a box space for display or rest, echoing the main building in the center to add fun. The dislocated feature walls, hollowed feature walls, and transparent blocks are interspersed to clear up the dimension sense of the enclosure boundaries. Meanwhile, ultra-white glass, dark gray transparent glass, and rainbow glass are used to meet the needs of different angles and permeability.

The waterscape takes up most of the space, where the calm water surface, with a black marble base, reflects the sky scene like a mirror, giving off a quiet space temperament. The gray and white colors are cleverly matched to make the space look simple and yet imposing, exhibiting high quality.

The project started in April 2020 in Lishui and finished in November 2020. The design team faced challenges due to the small size of the site. The owner wanted the project to be visually open to achieve internal and external views, but also spatially distinct to ensure a quiet atmosphere and a sense of quality inside. The designers ensured a complete commercial migration line while making the internal spaces as private and undisturbed as possible.

The Cloud Mansion has been recognized for its innovative design, winning the Silver A' Landscape Planning and Garden Design Award in 2021. This award is given to top-of-the-line, creative, and professionally remarkable designs that illustrate outstanding expertise and innovation. These designs, admired for their strong technical characteristics and splendid artistic skill, showcase a remarkable level of excellence and introduce positive feelings, amazement, and wonder.