Yiqian Up-east Great Landscape
Aerial view of part of the project
Location: Huludao, China Designer: Open Fields Photographer: Open Fields Competition Date: 2010 Competition Name: The 7 th China Model Housing Architecture Plan Competition Site Area: 130,000 sqm Place in the Competition: Gold Award
Awarded Reason: The proposal has a high-quality environment, a good economic benefit and an eco and low-carbon housing environment. It is helpful to enhance the low-carbon projects and the general levels of Chinese housing environment. Located in the south bank of Lianshan River in Huludao, the landscape is about 130,000 square metres. To the north is Lianshan River’s North administration land, to the south is North Railway Street and Tianhua Street, to the east is the artery – 102 National Highway. In a leading edge of the city’s development and enjoying a convenient traffic, the project has a obvious potential. Now the Lianshan Waterfront Landscape programme has been completed, the project also enjoy a priority of water resource. The designers uses state-of-art parameterisation modes to design the site to express the idea that architecture and landscape coexist and architecture grow in the landscape. There is no definition of landscape. It should has various expressions. The design get away from the traditional concepts of landscape and combines various design elements, matching the progress of time and life.
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Morning view of the waterside Fireworks view of the waterside building
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