Greentown Oriental Villa Experience Center, Hangzhou

Poetic Blue-Green Sanctuary by the Lake.

A lakeside members club and experience centre blending Oriental minimalism with high-spec hospitality, wellness and courtyard rituals, expressed through blue-green palettes, refined materials, and seamless indoor-outdoor transitions.

Conceived as the private clubhouse for owners of Oriental Villa in Hangzhou, the Greentown Oriental Villa Experience Center provides an exclusive setting for hosting, wellness and quiet ritual. Set beside Fengshou Lake with discreet basement arrival through a sunken courtyard, it prioritises privacy while maintaining a dialogue with landscape. The concept references the classical scroll A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, translating its blue-green palette into an interior language of poise and restraint.

Programmes are clearly zoned: a reception anchored by a jade-like counter and stacked stone core; conversation lounges opening to pine courts through full-height glazing; and a fitness suite, including indoor tennis, articulated in metal and mesh beneath a softly luminous sculptural ceiling. High-spec furniture, crafted joinery and measured lighting elevate comfort without ostentation. A 30-metre green backdrop reads as a contemporary scroll, orchestrating a calm, immersive atmosphere that subtly dissolves thresholds between inside and out.

Judges praised the balance between urban energy and lakeside stillness, plus efficient circulation from basement parking and the club's role as a discreet networking salon. They also noted that staff journeys and service design warrant equal focus. Overall, the centre reinforces the development's brand as a culturally rooted members environment, prioritising ceremony, conversation and wellbeing, and offering residents a serene sanctuary from the pace of the city.

The judges said: “The interplay of two worlds-dynamic and tranquil-is well expressed through both design language and material choices. The green brings a striking contrast, yet the space remains soft and calm,”