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In Living Color
The Buji Residences, a long-term project by Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM), has been honored with the Architecture + Color category award at the 2025 Architizer A+ Awards. The prestigious award recognizes the design’s use of color tuned to the tropical light conditions of Buji’s mountaintop site. Renowned for its competitiveness across architecture, landscape, and interior design fields, this A+ Award is also a testament to the project’s seamless integration of landscape and architectural form.
Bird’s-eye view of a resident strolling along the Buji Residences’ purple pathway, edged by crisp gray-and-white diagonal stripes that cut through the lush green courtyard.
Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
View through the pink poolside colonnade at Buji Residences, where tall rectangular openings frame lush tropical planting and cast rhythmic shadows across the striped pavers.
Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
Old and young residents walk the poolside colonnade at Buji Residences, where rhythmic rectangular openings and skylights frame lush planting and cast rhythmic shadows on striped paving.
Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
Conceived for a forested mountaintop setting, Buji Residences reimagines typical luxury housing with a vivid aesthetic language that resonates with Shenzhen’s youthful energy and the lush surrounding environment. Recognized for its use of color, Buji Residences pairs pink and purple hues with the deep emerald green of the planting design. Bold yet calming with its analogous color pairings, the Buji Residences stands in opposition to the generic neutral color schemes that have become the status quo of residential design, demonstrating that bold but visually pleasing colors and patterns can enrich residential communities.
Framed by lush tropical foliage, a swimmer approaches the striped turquoise lap pool at Buji Residences, edged by circular yellow seating pods and Washingtonia palms, with towering residential blocks rising beyond.
Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
Aerial dusk view of the multiple playgrounds at Buji Residences connected by a meandering terrain wall in bold pink and purple and a central blue LED 'river' element connecting waterplay features.
Photo credit: Amey Kandalgaonkar
Detail of the racing slides play area at Buji Residences, where a bright yellow ladder and slide contrast against the soft-pink curved wall and black‑and‑white striped column above green turf.
Photo credit: Amey Kandalgaonkar
Buji Residences consists of 11 residential towers situated on a challenging mountainous terrain. Despite a restricted construction area, the project accommodates high-density living through multifunctional landscape spaces including a swimming pool, a multi-nodal playground, chess and game rooms, reading zones, pet gardens, sports courts, a playfield, and a dance plaza that cater to the diverse needs of residents and their visitors.
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- View through the gray-and-white striped moon gate of the cactus garden at Buji Residences, where the circular portal frames the striped paving, lush planting, and a glimpse of the pink walls beyond. Photo credit: Amey Kandalgaonkar
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- Jogger on a curving purple track at Buji Residences, where crisp paving stripes abut the Madagascar almond tree grove beneath towers. Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
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- Children and families enjoy the green play court and purple gathering plaza at Buji Residences, framed by diagonal stripe paving beneath residential towers. Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
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- At dusk, the yellow zigzag light activates the purple-moon dance plaza with two green landscape discoball lights, mirrored by the deep pink interior glow of the colonnade and slender high-rise towers beyond. Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
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- Bold pink interior of landscape colonnade at Buji Residences, with black‑and‑white striped columns on yellow mosaic benches, surrounded by lush planting. Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
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- Close-up detail of the poolside colonnade’s yellow, black, and white striped mosaic benches, set against the undulating soft-pink tile façade of the changing rooms. Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
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- Guests follow the pink poolside colonnade at Buji Residences, where columns blend into beams to frame tropical foliage and cast dynamic shadows across the gray-and-white tiled floor. Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
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- Aerial night view of Buji Residences’ pool deck, where the striped turquoise lap pool is edged by circular yellow seating pods and Washingtonia palms and sitting adjacent to a kid’s play pool featuring yellow and black mosaic play elements. Photo credit: Wu Qingshan
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- Aerial detail of Buji Residences plaza, where functional landscape zones are broken down with classic stripe patterns in a dynamic composition balancing high contrast with lush planting and bold color. Photo credit: Amey Kandalgaonkar
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- Playscraper playground at Buji Residences, with purple base and pink rings enclosing a blue mesh frame studded with yellow climbing modules and slide, set amidst lush planting beneath the towers. Photo credit: Amey Kandalgaonkar
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- Aerial view of the toddler’s play tent Buji Residences, where a concentric green fabric net creates shade and shelter from the towers and a purple rubber bowl holds a white sand pit. Photo credit: Amey Kandalgaonkar
BAM
Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM) is a transdisciplinary design office creating award-winning landscapes and architecture since 2007. With a lengthy project sheet originating in groundbreaking public installations, BAM has evolved into a distinctive design leader with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.
