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line+ Announces Public Tender for Architectural Scheme Design of Houhai T107-0107 Plot
“Communities of the future should not be isolated islands, but living cells intricately connected to the city.” — Zhu Peidong
In Shenzhen Bay—an experimental ground for the supercity—Zhu Peidong, Co-Founder and Chief Architect of line+, responded to the call for “good housing” in the high-density age with the concept of the Habitat Community.
As a rare release in the heart of Shenzhen Bay—Houhai’s first residential land offering in twelve years—the site holds more than real estate value. It becomes a testing ground for the future of urban living: how might residential experience, ecological resilience, and city-making coexist under extreme density? With “Habitat Community” as its core, line+ proposes a three-part strategy—Good City, Good Community, Good Housing—reimagining the vertical block as a living organism in dialogue with the city.
PART 01
The Good City: Frameworks for Urban Symbiosis
Located at the southern end of Houhai’s central corridor, the site serves as a vital link within Shenzhen’s public realm. Building on the existing plan, the design reknits the network to dissolve residential isolation, establish organic edges, and enhance permeability—transforming the site into a capillary of the city’s urban circulation.
1.1 Weaving Laterally
An east-west corridor is added along Dengliang Road, conceived as a “cultural and sports axis.” This elevated spine connects Talent Park to Shenzhen Bay Cultural Plaza, establishing a 15-minute walkable loop. By bridging across major roads, it repairs the urban fabric and integrates the residential block into the city's arterial flow.
1.2 Growing Vertically
Building on the existing skywalk system, the design extends public walkways northward to link a chain of pocket parks. By integrating ground, mezzanine, and subterranean circulation, it forms a four-dimensional spatial network that anchors the community within a broader public realm.
1.3 Composing the Skyline
Five towers are arranged in a layered, staggered formation, their heights rising subtly at both ends and stepping down toward the center. This “double-peak” skyline introduces a dynamic silhouette, avoiding flatness while asserting a gateway presence in the city’s long view.
PART 02
The Good Community: A Layered, Living Interface Within the City
A well-functioning community is defined by porous edges and well-integrated amenities. In response to the challenges of high-density living, line+ proposes a dual system—the “Share Neighbourhood” and the “Living Chassis”—to dissolve rigid boundaries and cultivate an open, multidimensional, and socially engaged urban fabric.
2.1 The Living Chassis
The Living Chassis is conceived as a layered ground plane—a three-dimensional canopy that invites shade, rest, and interaction. Rooted in the climatic realities of Shenzhen, it reclaims the base of the tower as a civic threshold, softening the scale of vertical density while restoring space for public life.
2.2 The Share Neighbourhood
The Share Neighbourhood rejects gated enclosure in favor of a porous, civic-minded edge. Through layered transitions—between private and public, enclosed and open—it fosters a high degree of permeability. A network of elevated walkways and street-facing commercial frontages weaves the community into the broader pedestrian system, allowing the edge to perform as the neighborhood’s public front.
To counter the less desirable western outlook, a vertical mix of commercial uses is introduced to activate the inert edge and unlock latent value across the site.
2.3 The Vertical Amenity Matrix
Drawing on line+’s international experience in high-end residential programming, the project establishes a modular amenity framework through a vertical composite strategy. Core community functions are embedded into stilt floors, refuge levels, and circulation nodes—maximizing spatial efficiency while minimizing footprint. Refuge floors are reimagined as stargazing lounges; stilt levels house swimming pools, art studios, and child-friendly zones, forming a shared living network open to all residents.
The design looks beyond ground-level ecology and urban grain, aligning with emerging technologies and forward-looking infrastructure. In response to the rise of low-altitude economies and smart mobility, the towers are pre-equipped with rooftop helipads and localized drone platforms, while the basement reserves dedicated lanes and charging docks for autonomous vehicles—envisioning a three-dimensional mobility system that spans both ground and sky.
PART 03 Good Housing: A Panoramic, Immersive Revolution in Living
A good home is the convergence of landscape, vitality, comfort, and the harmony of art and form.
3.1 A Sea-Oriented Plan
With its eastern edge facing Talent Park and the bay beyond, the project is designed to integrate the seascape into everyday living. To mitigate the common visual obstruction found in high-rise environments, simulations of sunlight, wind, and sightlines informed a fully east-oriented layout. Units are arranged to expand both horizontally and vertically, ensuring unobstructed ocean views for every residence.
3.2 Interweaving Courtyard and Home
The architecture opens toward Shenzhen Bay, combining two spatial logics: upper units wrap around courtyards to face the open sea, while lower ones are enclosed by gardens in the sky. Together they shape a landscape that is both inwardly calm and outwardly open.
3.3 A Façade of Bamboo Discipline
In response to the curtain wall monotony across Houhai, the façade rejects singular iconography in favor of a collective presence. Referencing bamboo, it layers fine vertical lines of glass and metal to form a unified and recognizable urban edge—quiet yet distinct, more a memory than a monument.
Conclusion
The future of housing will be open, hybrid, and symbiotic. For line+, the Houhai project is an evolution of habitat urbanism—where high density becomes not a compromise, but a catalyst. Corridors extend the community, balconies frame the landscape, and refuge floors transform into shared lounges above the clouds. Here, a true home rebuilds ground life in the sky.
In Shenzhen’s ever-evolving urban metabolism, line+ explores a new model for high-density living through the idea of the Habitat Community. This is not just a response to good housing, but a rehearsal for what living can become—where architecture breathes, and community folds into the city’s genetic code.
Project Name: Public Tender for Architectural Scheme Design of Houhai T107-0107 Plot
Design Firm: line+ studio
Chief Architect/Project Principal: Zhu Peidong
Design Team: Xing Mingquan, Han Xu, Zhang Qunchen, Li Zhenyu, Li Zhoubin, Shi Xinyi, Yang Qi, Wu Qi, Zhang Yi, Xu Tao, Zhao Shengyao, Sun Jiahao, Wang Jun, Sun Jin, Li Hang, Hong Yang (Architecture); Li Shangyang, Rao Feier, Luo Xiaoxia (Landscape)
Client: China Resources Land Limited, China Overseas Property Holdings Limited
MEP Consultant: Hangzhou Yizi Architectural Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong Building Area: 303,621.58 sqm (above ground), 83,800.87 sqm (underground)
Construction Period: 2024/07 -Present
Structure: Flat slab system without secondary beams, with sparse-column concrete frame and core tube
Materials: Aluminum panels, glass, UHPC, stone
* This proposal represents the publicly competition scheme; final implementation is subject to government-approved detailed design and as-built outcomes.
In Shenzhen Bay—an experimental ground for the supercity—Zhu Peidong, Co-Founder and Chief Architect of line+, responded to the call for “good housing” in the high-density age with the concept of the Habitat Community.
As a rare release in the heart of Shenzhen Bay—Houhai’s first residential land offering in twelve years—the site holds more than real estate value. It becomes a testing ground for the future of urban living: how might residential experience, ecological resilience, and city-making coexist under extreme density? With “Habitat Community” as its core, line+ proposes a three-part strategy—Good City, Good Community, Good Housing—reimagining the vertical block as a living organism in dialogue with the city.
PART 01
The Good City: Frameworks for Urban Symbiosis
Located at the southern end of Houhai’s central corridor, the site serves as a vital link within Shenzhen’s public realm. Building on the existing plan, the design reknits the network to dissolve residential isolation, establish organic edges, and enhance permeability—transforming the site into a capillary of the city’s urban circulation.
1.1 Weaving Laterally
An east-west corridor is added along Dengliang Road, conceived as a “cultural and sports axis.” This elevated spine connects Talent Park to Shenzhen Bay Cultural Plaza, establishing a 15-minute walkable loop. By bridging across major roads, it repairs the urban fabric and integrates the residential block into the city's arterial flow.
1.2 Growing Vertically
Building on the existing skywalk system, the design extends public walkways northward to link a chain of pocket parks. By integrating ground, mezzanine, and subterranean circulation, it forms a four-dimensional spatial network that anchors the community within a broader public realm.
1.3 Composing the Skyline
Five towers are arranged in a layered, staggered formation, their heights rising subtly at both ends and stepping down toward the center. This “double-peak” skyline introduces a dynamic silhouette, avoiding flatness while asserting a gateway presence in the city’s long view.
PART 02
The Good Community: A Layered, Living Interface Within the City
A well-functioning community is defined by porous edges and well-integrated amenities. In response to the challenges of high-density living, line+ proposes a dual system—the “Share Neighbourhood” and the “Living Chassis”—to dissolve rigid boundaries and cultivate an open, multidimensional, and socially engaged urban fabric.
2.1 The Living Chassis
The Living Chassis is conceived as a layered ground plane—a three-dimensional canopy that invites shade, rest, and interaction. Rooted in the climatic realities of Shenzhen, it reclaims the base of the tower as a civic threshold, softening the scale of vertical density while restoring space for public life.
2.2 The Share Neighbourhood
The Share Neighbourhood rejects gated enclosure in favor of a porous, civic-minded edge. Through layered transitions—between private and public, enclosed and open—it fosters a high degree of permeability. A network of elevated walkways and street-facing commercial frontages weaves the community into the broader pedestrian system, allowing the edge to perform as the neighborhood’s public front.
To counter the less desirable western outlook, a vertical mix of commercial uses is introduced to activate the inert edge and unlock latent value across the site.
2.3 The Vertical Amenity Matrix
Drawing on line+’s international experience in high-end residential programming, the project establishes a modular amenity framework through a vertical composite strategy. Core community functions are embedded into stilt floors, refuge levels, and circulation nodes—maximizing spatial efficiency while minimizing footprint. Refuge floors are reimagined as stargazing lounges; stilt levels house swimming pools, art studios, and child-friendly zones, forming a shared living network open to all residents.
The design looks beyond ground-level ecology and urban grain, aligning with emerging technologies and forward-looking infrastructure. In response to the rise of low-altitude economies and smart mobility, the towers are pre-equipped with rooftop helipads and localized drone platforms, while the basement reserves dedicated lanes and charging docks for autonomous vehicles—envisioning a three-dimensional mobility system that spans both ground and sky.
PART 03 Good Housing: A Panoramic, Immersive Revolution in Living
A good home is the convergence of landscape, vitality, comfort, and the harmony of art and form.
3.1 A Sea-Oriented Plan
With its eastern edge facing Talent Park and the bay beyond, the project is designed to integrate the seascape into everyday living. To mitigate the common visual obstruction found in high-rise environments, simulations of sunlight, wind, and sightlines informed a fully east-oriented layout. Units are arranged to expand both horizontally and vertically, ensuring unobstructed ocean views for every residence.
3.2 Interweaving Courtyard and Home
The architecture opens toward Shenzhen Bay, combining two spatial logics: upper units wrap around courtyards to face the open sea, while lower ones are enclosed by gardens in the sky. Together they shape a landscape that is both inwardly calm and outwardly open.
3.3 A Façade of Bamboo Discipline
In response to the curtain wall monotony across Houhai, the façade rejects singular iconography in favor of a collective presence. Referencing bamboo, it layers fine vertical lines of glass and metal to form a unified and recognizable urban edge—quiet yet distinct, more a memory than a monument.
Conclusion
The future of housing will be open, hybrid, and symbiotic. For line+, the Houhai project is an evolution of habitat urbanism—where high density becomes not a compromise, but a catalyst. Corridors extend the community, balconies frame the landscape, and refuge floors transform into shared lounges above the clouds. Here, a true home rebuilds ground life in the sky.
In Shenzhen’s ever-evolving urban metabolism, line+ explores a new model for high-density living through the idea of the Habitat Community. This is not just a response to good housing, but a rehearsal for what living can become—where architecture breathes, and community folds into the city’s genetic code.
Project Name: Public Tender for Architectural Scheme Design of Houhai T107-0107 Plot
Design Firm: line+ studio
Chief Architect/Project Principal: Zhu Peidong
Design Team: Xing Mingquan, Han Xu, Zhang Qunchen, Li Zhenyu, Li Zhoubin, Shi Xinyi, Yang Qi, Wu Qi, Zhang Yi, Xu Tao, Zhao Shengyao, Sun Jiahao, Wang Jun, Sun Jin, Li Hang, Hong Yang (Architecture); Li Shangyang, Rao Feier, Luo Xiaoxia (Landscape)
Client: China Resources Land Limited, China Overseas Property Holdings Limited
MEP Consultant: Hangzhou Yizi Architectural Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong Building Area: 303,621.58 sqm (above ground), 83,800.87 sqm (underground)
Construction Period: 2024/07 -Present
Structure: Flat slab system without secondary beams, with sparse-column concrete frame and core tube
Materials: Aluminum panels, glass, UHPC, stone
* This proposal represents the publicly competition scheme; final implementation is subject to government-approved detailed design and as-built outcomes.
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