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The Villa Greencore

Taizhou, China

esigned by T.K. Chu Design, the four-story villa named
Greencore is located among hills, woods, and lakes. With
Dangled cornices and floor-to-ceiling windows, it shows an
integration of traditional Chinese garden and modern building,
which combines people, nature, and architecture perfectly, and gives
off a slight animist aura. As a top-tier real estate project in Taizhou,
Zhejiang province, the Villa Greencore pays tribute to the city spirit.
The word can be translated in English in various ways: inclusive,
harmonious, confluent, and so on. According to the architectural
characters and urban context, T.K. Chu’s vision of the villa is a place
where art encounters space and humanity meets nature.

The result is a habitable artwork themed Spring up, which is embodied
in decorations and two specially created sculptures by T.K. Chu.
The sculptures, which are called "Spring up: Waltz" and “Spring up:
Dance to the wind” respectively, are fitting metaphors for a vibrant
and passionate life. The former flanked by a courtyard and the gym
is suspended from the ceiling, like water falling straight out of the
sky. Whereas the latter rises in the middle of a courtyard, shaped like
the wind of God sweeping over the deep. The villa is more than just
a building accommodating a living room, dining rooms, bedrooms,
bathrooms, studies. Thanks to the integration of artworks, it creates
and renders an atmosphere where people's minds and spirits can be
released and soar.

There are two entrances to the villa, the above-ground entrance
connecting to the garden and the underground one connecting to the
garage. The lobby is located between a pair of walk-in closets, where
residents can store their clothes before proceeding to an underground
private gallery. A double-height space is divided by a fireplace and a
A view from the dining room to the living-room

A view from the reception room to the courtyard

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