The Valley

Giving back green to the city was one of the main focal points when designing ‘the Valley’ near the famous Westlake in the Chinese lake-city Hangzhou.

The Valley is an elegant mixed-use development of 210,000 square meters with office towers, a hotel and retail. The mountains and valleys in Zhejiang Province inspire the design of ‘the Valley’ and the appearance is dictated by the volumetric expression of the towers. The top part of the towersis leaning towards the periphery of the site to create space in between the buildings. Together with the landscape, this gesture makes the development look like a valley.