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Jian'an Zhou
Residential Landscape
Sunday, 6 October 2024

Nine Court Mansion

The Nine-Court Mansion, a high-end eco-residence project in Chongqing, is meant to create a new life style of Oriental implication by incorporating the stable spirit of Oriental tradition, exploiting the modern Oriental artistic expression and upgrading the function of residential areas. By reference to the spatial layout method from the Imperial Palace, nine spaces are constructed and grouped into three steps of the home-returning ceremony which are Entering the Gate to Behold the Mansion, Enjoying the Scenery in the Courtyard and Resting the Soul at Home respectively.

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CBD for Taihu
Saturday, 5 October 2024

Lougang City

The project aims to design a new central business district for Huzhou. Its design is inspired and well integrated with local traditional ecological system. On the southern bank of taihu lake, The new internal lake provides quality waterfront public spaces. At the heart of the district, there are two pedestrian skywalks connecting the new railway station, the skyscraper and the exhibition park, while separating the vehicular traffic from pedestrians. The new urban environment is harmonized with nature, creating a balance between the urban developments and its landscape.

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Hotel
Friday, 4 October 2024

Landscape Design for Shaoxing

Inspired by an ancient verse that portrays the picturesque scenery of Shaoxing, the project takes "green mountain and clear water" as design concept. Instead of simply combining or simulating traditional symbols in Shaoxing, it draws on traditional Chinese landscaping and literary techniques such as "borrowing", "metaphorizing" and "analogy", to respond to local historical context and environment through abstract expressions. By incorporating local features and scenery of nearby Fushan Mountain, the project presents a picturesque, poetic landscape scene that echoes local mountains and water.

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Siyuan Tao
Forest Themed Park
Thursday, 3 October 2024

City Gather

Upholding the harmony of natural ecology and urban life, the designer takes urban forest as the theme with ecology, vitality and pleasure as the keywords in this forest-style community park. Vegetation, light and shadow, deer, winding paths, landscape installations give people sensory enjoyment. Parent-child interaction, fun play and daily social contact are integrated, and facilities such as the deer house slide, the colorful runway, the seesaw and fitness equipment become artistic media linking nature, the community and the outside. Here, beautiful experiences and emotions constantly erupt.

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Hang Chen
Complex Functional Urban Area
Wednesday, 2 October 2024

City Fields

The project site is known as the Waterfront Rural Gallery, Leisure Vacation Paradise, and National Unity and Progress Demonstration Zone, and the city's unique characteristics are the inspiration for the design. The designer integrates natural spaces such as farmland, mountains, and water into the urban design of the high-speed rail station area, combining the needs of industrial development and the requirements of the comprehensive transportation hub construction. This concept of natural and urban integration has formed a distinct and easily recognizable image feature for the city.

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KuKuk Box GmbH
Mobile Playground
Tuesday, 1 October 2024

Kukuk Box

Brought by truck, unfolded, swung and set up - the new playground is ready! KuKuk Box is a new category of extraordinary public playgrounds for children. Made of shipping containers, natural wood and stainless steel, it creates a magical space that invites children to climb, swing, jump and balance. The new look is a perfect combination of industrial design and traditional craftsmanship that brings fun and joy to a new generation, mobile and trendy.

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