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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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Cloud Mansion Landscape

Cloud Mansion

Cloud Mansion is a landscape design for a commercial site of 5,080 square meters in Lishui. The design captures the intuitive qualities of clouds: lightness, cleanliness, floating and transparency. Dislocated feature walls, hollowed feature walls and transparent blocks soften the sense of enclosure at the boundaries. Ultra-white glass, dark gray transparent glass and rainbow glass provide different degrees of permeability. A waterscape with a black marble base reflects the sky. Long gray marble benches offer places to rest.

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Nine Court Mansion Residential Landscape

Nine Court Mansion

Nine Court Mansion is a residential landscape design located in Chongqing, China. The project covers 11952.75 square meters and includes hard pavement, green areas and water features. The spatial layout is inspired by the structure of the Forbidden City. A central axis links three groups of spaces that guide residents from the entrance to the home. Traditional elements such as pitched roofs and dragon scales are simplified in shape and material, and carving is used instead of printing. Plant communities create a green microclimate for daily life.

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Agile View World Residential Exhibition Area

Agile View World

Agile View World is a residential exhibition area located at the foot of Gaoligong Mountain in Tengchong, Yunnan, China. The site covers 16,860.7 square meters and is surrounded by water on three sides and by mountains. The existing forest belts are healthy and are used as landscape resources. The design applies local materials, plants and techniques to support a simple and quiet lifestyle. A low intervention strategy and a resilient approach protect the original site. The result expresses respect for the surrounding mountains and plains.

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River Cloud Outdoor Landscape

River Cloud

River Cloud is a large outdoor art installation created for a landscape setting in Yubei, Chongqing, China. The installation is 8 meters high and 30 meters wide, and it stands on a rooftop at the top of a cliff facing a river. More than 50,000 polygonal metal frames of different sizes are connected to form a curved cloud shape. Openings in the surface allow views of the mountain and the river below. A shallow pool and a smoke device are placed around the work. Numerically controlled light sources give the cloud form changing color and texture at night.

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Hong Kong Pavilion Exposition Garden

Hong Kong Pavilion

Hong Kong Pavilion is an exposition garden created for an international horticultural exposition in Chengdu, China. The site covers about 1,500 square meters. The pavilion structure is made of engineered bamboo, a low-carbon material sourced in Sichuan, and is shaped with traditional Hong Kong bamboo scaffolding techniques. The form recalls the ridges of Lion Rock, while a shallow pool and boat sculptures refer to Victoria Harbour. Themed planting areas, including butterfly, edible and wetland gardens, line the meandering pathways and reflect local habitats.

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