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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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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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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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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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Huafa Zhuofan Center Exhibition Area

Huafa Zhuofan Center

Huafa Zhuofan Center is the landscape design of a mixed-use complex in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, covering 1024 square meters. The complex holds hotel, retail and office functions. The concept of the crystal spot runs through the space structure, the pavement and the ornaments. Crystal light blocks of varied sizes form a pavilion that also serves as a display space. An art glass wall acts as both barrier and display. A gently flowing creek in the rear courtyard links the building to the landscape. The design was completed in October 2018.

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Shang Yuan Demonstration Center

Shang Yuan

Shang Yuan is a landscape design for a demonstration center in Wuxi, China. The overall layout draws on the dignified form of the Summer Palace, while the details refer to the delicate gardens of the Jiangnan region. The plan follows a pattern of one hall, two axes, three entrances, five rituals and six gardens, so each garden offers a different view to moving visitors. Techniques such as hollow-out walls and borrowed scenery extend the sense of space. Building roofs adopt Tang-style cornices, and permeable, wear-resistant materials support urban rainwater management.

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