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“We drew from the circular spatial logic of Hakka Weilong dwellings, using a three-dimensional civic plinth and a typological cluster system to rebuild rural public centers, neighborhood scales, and living orders. Weilong New Community is not merely a resettlement project—it is a prototype for the future countryside.” —Fanhao Meng
Located in Longmen, Huizhou, Weilong New Community is both a Guangdong Province “Future Community” pilot and a key project under the provincial rural revitalization initiative. Fanhao Meng, Co-Founder & Chief Architect of line+, was invited to lead the project from concept to construction delivery. Responding to the collective resettlement needs of multiple village groups, the project aims to establish an integrated model for future rural living—combining contemporary Lingnan identity, complete community services, cultural-tourism operations, and urban–rural integration.
Rural resettlement in China often faces twin pressures: the loss of local identity and the drift toward generic urban form. In Longmen, Huizhou, Fanhao Meng and line+ approached these tensions as design opportunity—using Weilong New Community to reinterpret Hakka settlement logic through contemporary architectural means. Drawing from the spatial DNA of Weilong dwellings, the project employs a three-dimensional civic plinth and a typological housing system to accommodate three primary user groups: long-term local residents, returning/dual-habitation families, and new urban settlers seeking flexible living and operating models.
Yet the project extends far beyond housing. It incorporates hospitality, cultural venues, community infrastructure, rural operations, new industries, and cultural–tourism development around nearby quarries. Through the convergence of living, working, culture, and operations, Weilong New Community evolves into a future-oriented rural system model—hybrid, multifunctional, and deeply integrated with its territorial context.
Construction is underway and completion is scheduled for next year — marking the first large-scale built intervention in Guangdong’s “Nan Kunshan–Luofu Mountain Rural Development Demonstration Belt.”