LuxeRivers Chongqing Apartments, New Chinese Building Design, China Mixed-Use Architecture Images
LuxeRivers Apartments in Chongqing
26 May 2022
Design: SAOTA
Location: Chongqing, southwestern China

Photos: PrismImage
LuxeRivers, China
LuxeRivers is a new mixed-use development in Chongqing, a large city in southwest China, on a steep site at the confluence of the Yangtze and the Jialing Rivers. It comprises several blocks of luxury apartments, residential villas and commercial elements woven together with extensive infrastructure, including bridges and tunnels, landscaping, paths, water features and recreational facilities.

South African-based architectural firm SAOTA was involved in several aspects of the design and planning of the development, including the design of the façade treatment for the apartment buildings and a series of standalone villas, which are included in future phases of the development. SAOTA also advised on aspects of the masterplan, particularly as it related to the placement and orientation of the apartments and villas, which were shifted to maximise views of the river and to relate better to topography and climate.
The arresting sculptural façade and balcony treatment gives the apartments their striking aesthetic identity. However, among SAOTA?s challenges was the extent to which their design had to be visually powerful and dynamic while remaining simple and following the structural and organisational logic of the existing building. The apartm...