Time Resort

Year: 2021
Location: Elini, Italy
Collaborators: Wenzhuo Cai, Zemin Yan
Competition Project
Role: Jingjing Lei
Project Type: Urban Design and Infrastructure Renovation
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Renovated Train Station

Once abandoned, Elini's rail line is reborn as a culture station linking the town, Parco Carmine, and the Old Mill. This linear space weaves past and future—where travelers pause for coffee, theater, and the quiet beauty of Sardinian life.

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Regional Connection

Using time as a thread, the design links Parco Carmine, Elini Town, and the Old Mill. Upon arrival, visitors choose their journey—toward the future or back into the past. Entering from the Old Mill, they move in reverse through time, tracing Elini's story from heritage to renewal.

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Cultural and Historical Journey

Using time as a thread, the design links Parco Carmine, Elini Town, and the Old Mill. Upon arrival, visitors choose their journey—toward the future or back into the past. Entering from the Old Mill, they move in reverse through time, tracing Elini's story from heritage to renewal.

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Blending in the Urban Fabric

The new station unfolds as a linear space that weaves through Elini's historic fabric, linking old buildings with the surrounding landscape. Visitors can pause for coffee, enjoy an outdoor performance, or set out along one of three curated paths.

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A Bridge Between the Past and the Future

A new cultural station stretches across Elini like a bridge through time, merging with old stone houses and the rolling Sardinian landscape. Its linear form echoes the rail line it revives, inviting travelers to journey through history while reconnecting the town to its pastoral surroundings.

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Gateway of Time

The translucent architecture hovers above the historic rail line, inviting visitors to step through layers of memory where history, landscape, and motion converge.

Time Resort

Year: 2021
Location: Elini, Italy
Collaborators: Wenzhuo Cai, Zemin Yan
Competition Project
Role: Jingjing Lei
Project Type: Urban Design and Infrastructure Renovation
Time Resort - Image 1

Renovated Train Station

Time Resort - Image 2

Regional Connection

Time Resort - Image 3

Cultural and Historical Journey

Time Resort - Image 4

Blending in the Urban Fabric

Time Resort - Image 5

A Bridge Between the Past and the Future

Time Resort - Image 6

Gateway of Time

Once abandoned, Elini's rail line is reborn as a culture station linking the town, Parco Carmine, and the Old Mill. This linear space weaves past and future—where travelers pause for coffee, theater, and the quiet beauty of Sardinian life.