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Poly Tan Gim Residential Exhibition Area

Poly Tan Gim

Poly Tan Gim is a residential exhibition area and community park in Liwan District, Guangzhou, on the bank of the Pearl River. The landscape covers about 12,000 square meters and combines riverside neighborhood life with Lingnan culture, the culture of Guangdong and nearby provinces in southeast China. A shared entrance and clear circulation routes connect public and private spaces. Terrain divides the open areas and water features guide visitors. Original trees are kept. Gray stone, quartz brick, champagne colored metal and custom sprayed glass form the main surfaces.

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Forest of Art Landscapes

Forest of Art

Forest of Art is a landscape design for a 2000 square meter site in Taichung, Taiwan, completed in October 2020. The site lies at the junction of three parks, on a downtown corner facing a walkway to a school. The building was turned 45 degrees to face the school on the diagonal side, leaving more room for planting. Planter boxes arranged in an arc surround a sky walkway that connects with arbours. Multi-layer planting at the entrance makes the street corner appear as a forest linked to the sky walkway.

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Cloud Building Landscape Design

Cloud Building

Cloud Building is a landscape design for a demonstration area of 4,052 square meters in Nanchang, China. Modern technology and traditional gardening ideas are combined to shape the space. Paving and lawn form an open and clear layout with strong color contrast. Large floor-to-ceiling glass and a special-shaped planting pond link the garden with the indoor scene. Regular-sized granite paving stones reduce construction difficulty and cost. Lighting interaction, intelligent sensing and voice control support the interaction between people and space.

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Shimao Loong Palace Courtyard of Clouds

Shimao Loong Palace

Using natural and fluent language reasonable organization of landscape, courtyard are connected to each other in multiple dimensions, permeated with each other and converted smoothly. Using the vertical strategy skillfully, the 4-meter height difference will be reversed into the highlight and feature of the project, creating a multi-level, artistic, living, natural courtyard landscape.

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Hongshan Lake Civil Park Landscape

Hongshan Lake Civil Park

Hongshan Lake Civil Park is an urban public park in Anshun, Guizhou, China. The park covers an area of 149901 square meters. The design is ecology oriented and aims to restore an integrated ecosystem. A Low Impact Development strategy protects the existing ecological functions and supports the recovery of the site. A rain garden manages rainwater through decentralized control, vegetation interception, soil infiltration, detention basins, grassed swales and discharge measures. Non powered play equipment is provided for children. Various spaces serve people of different ages.

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Yunxi Mansion Landscape Design

Yunxi Mansion

Yunxi Mansion is a landscape design for a residential community in Nantong, China. The design draws on the Shuihui Garden, known for water flowing around the whole site, and brings a calm literati atmosphere to the property. Song Dynasty cloud patterns appear in the paving, the lamps and the column bases. A wind and rain corridor of 60 meters marks the entrance and offers a sheltered walk in the garden. Ecological permeable bricks and underground storage modules collect and reuse rainwater. Local plants help improve the microclimate.

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Emerging Styles and Creative Directions.

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