Enshi Grand Canyon Resort Hubei Province, Images, Chinese Architecture
Enshi Grand Canyon Resort in Hubei Province
New Building in China – design by Architectural and Urban Planning Design and Research Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
12 Jun 2017
Enshi Grand Canyon Resort
Design: Architectural and Urban Planning Design and Research Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Location: Hubei Province, China
Enshi Grand Canyon Resort
The site is located in the mysterious Grand Canyon in western Hubei Province, where the local pillar-supported dwelling building of Tujia minority has distinctive local features.

The architects drew nutrients from the Tujia traditional dwellings, which included the planning pattern of the settlement, the grounding of the house, the processing of the roof, the way of the adjacent building, the type selection of the local plants and the use of the local materials.
The designers have considered about the mountain planning, slope construction, local landscape ,social care and many other aspects of the problems.

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is located at the southwestern part of Hubei Province. According to the legend, the Tujia people are descendants of the ancient Ba people, who were Chu people during the Warring States period.

As Qin destroyed Chu, part of the Chu people fled into the deep mountains to avoid Qin, which resulted in Wuling people and hundreds of square kilometers of pea...