{"id":12557,"date":"2025-07-16T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T01:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/cascading-staircase-threads-through-sunken-courtyard-by-t-r-o-p-at-shanghai-residence\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T01:30:44","slug":"cascading-staircase-threads-through-sunken-courtyard-by-t-r-o-p-at-shanghai-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/cascading-staircase-threads-through-sunken-courtyard-by-t-r-o-p-at-shanghai-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"cascading staircase threads through sunken courtyard by T.R.O.P at shanghai residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">T.R.O.P weaves sculptural courtyard into shanghai houses<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the heart of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-shanghai\/\"><strong>Shanghai\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> Yanlord Arcadia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/residential-architecture-interiors\/\"><strong>residential<\/strong><\/a> complex, Pok Kobkongsanti of T.R.O.P: terrains + open space introduces Lacy Steps Garden, a nine-meter-deep sunken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/private-courtyards\/\"><strong>courtyard<\/strong><\/a> that serves as a sculptural landmark and a communal living space. The project becomes a \u2018living core\u2019 that connects homes, amenities, and nature across three levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The entire design pivots around a fluid geometric composition, anchored by a cascading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/staircases\/\"><strong>staircase<\/strong><\/a> that stitches together the basement, ground, and second floors. As users descend, they encounter a series of unfolding scenes, including a badminton court, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/pools\/\"><strong>swimming pool<\/strong><\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/teahouse-architecture-and-design\/\"><strong>tea room<\/strong><\/a> tucked into a shaded niche. Ascending leads to a sun-filled gym and a softly lit community <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/library-architecture-and-design\/\"><strong>library<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>images courtesy of T.R.O.P: terrains + open space<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">metal mesh facade shields Lacy Steps Garden<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The distinctive metal mesh facade of Lacy Steps Garden functions like a veil, draping the void with an airy transparency. Permeable and refined, it welcomes sunlight and rain, nurturing the lush area below while diffusing glare and hard edges. Through this mesh, the <a href=\"https:\/\/trop.land\/\"><strong>landscape design team<\/strong><\/a> at T.R.O.P: terrains + open space echoes the language of the surrounding architecture, fostering a visual continuity between building and landscape, inside and out.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The central platform, part amphitheater, part terrace, offers a flexible stage for everyday life. Its sculpted steps and built-in seating invite a range of informal activities, from morning tai chi to impromptu performances or quiet reading. Here, architecture offers a framework for spontaneity and community, where social interaction and solitude coexist. Even the railing\u2019s curvature is fine-tuned for comfort, transforming infrastructure into intimate experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At a time when private residential developments often default to decorative greenery or isolated pockets of open space, Lacy Steps Garden offers a different proposition with its sculpted landscape that operates as infrastructure, atmosphere, and social condenser.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>T.R.O.P: terrains + open space introduces Lacy Steps Garden<\/p>\n<p>the nine-meter-deep sunken courtyard serves as a sculptural landmark and a communal living space<\/p>\n<p>the project connects homes, amenities, and nature across three levels<\/p>\n<p>as users descend, they encounter a series of unfolding scenes<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>the distinctive metal mesh facade of Lacy Steps Garden functions like a veil<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>the central platform, part amphitheater, part terrace, offers a flexible stage for everyday life<\/p>\n<p>architecture offers a framework for spontaneity and community<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT -->\n\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>draping the void with an airy transparency<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<strong><\/p>\n<p>project info:<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong> Yanlord Arcadia \u2013 Lacy Steps<\/p>\n<p><strong>architect:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/trop.land\/\">T.R.O.P: terrains + open space<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trop_terrains_openspace\">@trop_terrains_openspace<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>location:<\/strong> Shanghai, China<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>design director:<\/strong> Pok Kobkongsanti<\/p>\n<p><strong>team:<\/strong> Fusang Ren, Kehan Zhou, Huamei Yin, Siyi Lu, Yuting Lu, Guo He, Pengtao Sang, Ke Ma<\/p>\n<p><strong>client (Party A):<\/strong> Shanghai Yanlord Land<\/p>\n<p><strong>construction drawings:<\/strong> Weimar Group<\/p>\n<p><strong>landscape contractor:<\/strong> Suzhou Fengde Landscape Architecture Engineering Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/architecture\/cascading-staircase-sunken-courtyard-trop-terrains-plus-open-space-shanghai-residence-07-16-2025\/\">cascading staircase threads through sunken courtyard by T.R.O.P at shanghai residence<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T.R.O.P weaves sculptural courtyard into shanghai houses \u00a0 In the heart of Shanghai\u2019s Yanlord Arcadia residential complex, Pok Kobkongsanti of T.R.O.P: terrains + open space introduces Lacy Steps Garden, a nine-meter-deep sunken courtyard that serves &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - 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