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.
Zhao Zhou Community Park by Xie Weiqiang has been identified as an innovative example of architectural design by the A' Design Award. Zhao Zhou Community Park won the Bronze A' Design Award in Landscape Planning and Garden Design in 2022. The A' Landscape Planning and Garden Design Award is an international, juried, academic and meritocratic design competition that celebrates exceptional design of landscape designs, public parks, residential gardens, urban plazas, campus designs, green roofs, waterfront developments, Eco-Parks, botanical gardens and more.
