The project is in one of the most famous four seasons mountain resorts in China, Vanke Jilin Songhua Lake Resort. With ski apartments, hotels and related retail areas as main functions, it has been awarded 4 years in a row as China's Best Resort by the International World Ski Awards™.

In late 2017, NDA was entrusted by Vanke to undertake the planning adjustment and architecture conceptual design of Songhua Lake Resort Plots 2-1 and 3-2.

The main challenge of this project was to recreate the feeling of an authentic mountain resort within the constraints of local planning regulations. An in-depth study was performed by NDA in order to allow full or partial mountain views for all the units. In the north of the site, an iconic building is imagined echoing the nearby mountain silhouettes, while at the same time visually isolating the mountain resort village from the city.

1.Planning Adjustment

The main goals are to expand the ski in & out areas and maximize the number of buildings with direct slope access, increase FAR, establish connections with surrounding plots, create a regional identity through diversified mountain architecture shapes, and adjust the town square as the center of the buildings’ cluster.