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Archipelago Show Garden

Archipelago

This enchanting show garden, selected for the Suncheon International Garden Fair from April to October 2023, captures coastal scenery inspired by South Korea's South Sea. Using sand for concept modeling and laser scanning for topographical design, it highlights the coastline's natural beauty and showcases innovative garden design. This fusion of art, technology, and nature invites visitors to immerse in the beauty and creativity of landscape architecture, embodying the harmony between nature and human ingenuity.

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Willow Shores Demonstration Area

Willow Shores

Willow Shores is a landscape design for a demonstration area in Suzhou, China, covering 5000 square meters. The main entrance uses a minimalist approach, with a large canopy and windows in the landscape wall that open the view, while the hall entrance stays hidden behind the wall. Inside, a winding corridor combines traditional half columns with simple decorative grids, hollowed metal curtains and green bamboo. A pool is set within a pond form of southern China. The whole space is divided into five levels to support a sense of returning home.

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Surfland Resort

Surfland

Surfland is a resort and surf park located in Garopaba, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The main attraction is an artificial wave pool that allows surfing throughout the year, for beginners and experienced surfers alike. The site covers 400,000 square meters, of which 233,000 square meters are kept as an environmental preservation area. Buildings occupy only open ground, so existing vegetation is not cut. Natural stone, wood, concrete, steel, sand and native plants are used. The landscape follows the fluid forms of water.

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Plot 140 POLY Guanggang Residential Landscape

Plot 140 POLY Guanggang

Plot 140 Poly Guanggang is a residential landscape design in Guangzhou, China, covering a landscape area of 21000 square meters. The site is long and narrow, with a north-south distance of only 40 meters. A vertical garden was created to enlarge the green space within the compact urban setting. An elevated pedestrian corridor with a steel frame links the whole site and the surrounding landscape resources. Rust-colored steel plates recall the former steel works on the site. Play features support children and parent-child interaction.

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PurPle Jade Villa Residential Landscape

PurPle Jade Villa

Purple Jade Villa is a residential landscape design for a villa community in Beijing. The project forms the fifth and final phase of the development and continues the forest park theme of the earlier phases. Four single villas enclose water features fed by the lake within the site. Planting is dense and includes rare trees and other rare plants. Peacocks, cranes and wild birds live in the grounds. Waterfront and courtyard house types balance open views with privacy. The design was started in 2010 and completed in 2021.

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Zhao Zhou Community Park

Zhao Zhou

Zhao Zhou is a community park located in Haimen District, Nantong City, China. The park serves two roles: everyday community service and a commemorative green space honoring the Chinese musician Shen Zhaozhou. Music is the theme, and ten scenes guide visitors through the site. The core area follows a Fibonacci spiral composition, with the Art Center at the center enclosed by a series of inner courtyards. Roads run north to south and are lined with orderly rows of plants. Existing ditches were transformed into an ecological dry stream that collects rainwater.

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Suzhou Creek Waterfront and Campus Landscape

Suzhou Creek

Suzhou Creek is a waterfront and campus landscape design in Shanghai. The project covers about 93,600 square meters and includes about 900 meters of riverside frontage beside a university campus. Buildings that weakened the overall style were removed and the riverside area was widened. Steps were replaced by gentle slopes to remove height differences and enlarge the pedestrian space. Historical buildings and mature trees were retained. The former footpath and planting strip became a combined campus landscape, shared space and riverside promenade open to the public.

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Taiping New City Poetic Emerald Corridor Landscape Planning Design

Taiping New City Poetic Emerald Corridor

Taiping New City Poetic Emerald Corridor is a linear public park in Anning, Kunming, China. The green corridor is about 5.5 kilometres long and covers a landscape area of about 156.42 hectares. Four existing water ponds form the centres of four themed zones, devoted to technology, light and shadow, art and culture, and healthy living. A slow movement path links the zones and follows the existing terrain and water system. Lighting, water supply and drainage, sculpture and service facilities are part of the plan. The park gives nearby residents and office workers a place for rest and recreation.

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La Cadiere Garden City International Resort Center

La Cadiere Garden City

La Cadiere Garden City is a resort center landscape located at the core of the Tianfu New District. The planning area covers 200 hectares. The scheme includes a 12 hectare lake park, an 11 hectare mountain park and 28 hectares of green landscape area. Several landscape themes are combined, including garden style, holiday style and layered planting. More than 200 plant species are used, so the colors of the garden change with the seasons. The design aims to offer a restful living environment within a dense modern city.

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Blossom House Luxury Urban Resort Hotel

Blossom House

Blossom House is the landscape design of a resort hotel located in Zhongshan Mountain National Park in Nanjing, China. The design draws on the material language of the old city wall built in the Ming Dynasty. The elevation difference of the mountain landform is used to retain key trees and shrubs, and 74 kinds of ground cover and aquatic plants are added. Hard pavement is reduced and built with permeable materials. An infinite swimming pool with a misting system blends with the view of the lake. Platforms extend the interior spaces outwards and support social use.

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CIFI Donut Kindergarten

CIFI Donut

CIFI Donut Kindergarten is attachedto a residential community. In order to create a preschool education activity place integrating practicability and beauty, it tries to combine the sales space with the education space. Through the ring structure linking the three-dimensional spaces, the building and landscape are harmoniously integrated, forming an activity place full of fun and educational significance.

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Poly Moonlight Bay Landscape And Garden

Poly Moonlight Bay

Poly Moonlight Bay is a landscape design for the edge of a residential block in Foshan, Guangdong. The project covers 23138 square meters and includes a bamboo forest, a flower forest, a foggy forest, a dry creek and rippled surfaces. Wood, perforated metal sheet, stone and concrete are used. Paths and undulating surfaces guide visitors through spaces of different depth and open changing views. The garden reinterprets the traditional Chinese garden in a contemporary design language. The intent is to connect daily urban life with nature.

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