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Times Mansion

Times Mansion is a landscape design for a residential exhibition area in Nanjing. The total area is 8400 square meters, and the landscape design area is 6000 square meters. Existing goldenrain trees and camphor trees were preserved. The space layout and circulation routes were placed away from the trees. A raised waterscape surrounds the goldenrain trees and forms tree holes. Independent foundations and a steel frame structure were built at a safe distance from the roots. The frame is covered with embossed steel plate, paved with waterscape stones and edged with mirrored stainless steel.

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Lilanz Creative Park

Lilanz Creative Park is a landscape design for a corporate creative park in Quanzhou, China. The park covers 40000 square meters and was completed in 2021. Silk is used as a guiding element, expressed through curved paving that connects the different functional areas. Sculptures and a stacked spring waterscape add scenes of daily life to the streets and lanes. Ecological permeable bricks cover the large paved areas and work with underground storage modules to collect and reuse rainwater for irrigation. Local plant varieties are used to keep maintenance low.

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Cruise City

Merchants International Cruise City is a permanent landscape design for a demonstration area in Zhanjiang City, China. The landscape area covers 10783 square meters. The design refers to the nearby sea areas and uses waves and boats as recurring themes. Water features and undulating corridors recall mountains and water. The corridors are made of perforated aluminium plates in wave grey, with carved hollow patterns that are lit at night. Visitors move through a valley, a canyon, a shaded forest and a plank road to the waterfront.

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Tangshan Guomaofu

Guomaofu is a landscape design for a residential development in Tangshan, Hebei, China. The project covers 7650 square meters, of which 5050 square meters are landscaped. The design draws on the imperial gardens of the Ming and Qing dynasties and on the natural gardening methods of Jiangnan gardens. A central axis paved with white marble is lined with two rows of trees set in pools of water. Winding paths follow the water, and outdoor tables and chairs are placed at the waterside for residents to rest. The path home is arranged in five spatial levels.

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Beach Cabin on the Baltic Sea

This small diner on a Baltic Sea beach near Gdansk with its simple form fits naturally into the beach environment. The building offers two areas: an opaque part with windows and a fully glazed winter garden. The transparent glass house not only offers an unrestricted view of the sea and the beach but also uses solar energy in a passive way to improve indoor comfort in a relatively cool climate in northern Poland. The Solarlux system construction of the winter garden with its slim wood-aluminum profiles enables a filigree effect.

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37 Interactive Entertainment HQ

37 Interactive Entertainment HQ is a high-rise headquarters building in China. Modules are used across the plan and the elevation, which reduces construction time and cost while keeping the quality of the work. Office modules, conference modules and event modules are arranged within a standard rectangular space, and their number and position can be changed on typical floors. A modular facade system responds to the climate of the Lingnan region. The shading pattern is denser on the east side than on the west, so natural light is kept while solar radiation and energy use are reduced.

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