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Poly Tianhuan  Garden

Poly Tianhuan

Poly Tianhuan Garden is a landscape design for a residential site in Foshan, Guangdong. The garden covers 19368 square meters and forms artificial green hills within the city. Undulating topography and curved surfaces recall the qualities of a natural environment. The design extends into the interior of the buildings, so the boundary between inside and outside is softened. Natural stone, wood and planting are used, with white hemp granite paving, concrete for the curved surfaces and perforated metal for the furniture. The layout is inspired by traditional Chinese gardens.

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Donde Cloud Valley Demonstration Area

Donde Cloud Valley

Donde Cloud Valley is a demonstration area landscape completed in 2018 in Wuhan, China. The project follows an integrated approach to landscape and architecture, in which the building form and volume are maximized. The building works as a place for social interaction and as a landscape in itself. Clear geometric volumes give the project a modernist character and form a gate of art together with the surrounding buildings. Deer themed installations welcome visitors and are made with irregular cut surfaces and reflective mirror material.

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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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Smart Ecology Industrial Park

Smart Ecology

Smart Ecology is an urban planning project for the Tus Park, a high technology industrial park in Nanning, China. The plan links the functional zones to create open space for communication. A scattered layout with enclosed courtyards balances openness with the privacy of each zone. A central landscape axis connects the individual units through sky corridors. The park covers 671,592 square metres and includes a science and technology museum, offices, housing and commercial streets. A passive building energy system supports energy saving and environmental protection.

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Farmers Den Office

Farmers Den

Farmers Den is an office landscape design located in Gandhinagar, India. The layout follows a simple grid plan, and the building is raised slightly on a platform that flows into the surrounding landscape and water channels. Local yellow sandstone is used for its color and texture under changing sunlight. Native tree species and insect repellent plants are combined with water, fish and turtles to form a small ecosystem. Raised mounds and tall trees shade the southwest side from strong heat. Openings in the breakout wall guide the breeze over the water to cool the cabins.

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La Chapelle HQ  Landscape

La Chapelle HQ

La Chapelle Headquarter is a landscape design for a corporate headquarters in Shanghai. The site is located on South Lianhua Road and covers an area of 41860 square meters. The design is inspired by the sakura, or cherry blossom, and this element is repeated across the grounds. Tree varieties were selected according to the preferences of the client and to local culture. The building layout and the differences in ground level required careful research and spatial analysis. The work took one and a half years and seeks a balance between the building and the landscape.

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