Longcheer Yacht Club in Shenzhen, China, Chinese Marine Design, Architecture Images
Longcheer Yacht Club in Shenzhen
8 Jun 2020
Longcheer Yacht Club
Design: SAOTA
Location: Shenzhen, China

Set on the Dapeng Peninsula, part of the Daya Bay in Nan?ao, Shenzhen, on a narrow strip of land between Daya Bay and the Yashan mountain range, Longcheer Yacht Club, designed by SAOTA was envisioned not just as a new flagship yacht club and hotel, but also as a catalyst to promote yachting culture and encourage public interest in marine sport.

The site is part of a scenic stretch of coastline that has become a centre for marine sports and leisure activities in China. The club?s neighbours already include a maritime school and marine sports base, and the stretch of coastline it?s on has been earmarked for further development relating to various marina leisure activities.
The site, which included existing yacht jetties, has spectacular views of the bay and Daya Islands, and provides some of the best vantage points from which to view the China Cup International Regatta and other prestigious yachting events. Caught between the mountain and the ocean, the building was envisioned as an extension of the landscape, mediating between the mountain and the bay beyond.

The narrow shape of the site, hugging the jagged coastline, and the need to maximise views of the bay informed the long, linear zig-zag shape of the building and its orientation, while its height and emphasis on horizontality wa...