Project Snapshot

Suzhou Huanyuandang Ecological Restoration and Shoreline Linkage Project

By: Tus Design

With green and ecology as the core theme, the Suzhou Huanyuandang Ecological Restoration and Shoreline Linkage project is the first cross-provincial ecological restoration project in China.

TUS Design who overseen the design and construction of the project introduced the idea of simulating the migration of fish through the design of shoal wetlands. The water culture from the south of the Yangtze River is integrated into the spatial composition, architectural modeling, plant system and furniture construction, and the sponge system is combined with the landscape design to realize the positive design mode. The restoration of Yuandang ecosystem truly illustrates the “New Space of Jiangnan Culture”.

Leveraging GIS technology, the company took measurements of height differences and hydrodynamics to calculate a rational setting for the introduction of a sponge system that combines with the landscape design to realize the positive ecological results.

As part of the landscape design, a hidden landscape flood control walkway was introduced, thus abandoning the previous rigid method of a flood control dike. The design combines the flood control shoreline with the landscape. The terrain, sketches and plants are naturally integrated with the flood control route, so that the walkway can be hidden in the whole environment, which improves the spatial experience of walking.

This important ecological project relied heavily on the application of ecologicallynative materials and advanced design techniques in order to achieve the desired landscape effects in a cost-efficient manner. Additionally, the project adhered to a “low intervention” development program in order to reduce impacts on the greater ecological environment of the site.