It all starts with nature, and so does the Biotech HQ Science Campus. Guided by its mission to build a stronger future for rural China through cutting-edge agricultural and animal husbandry technologies, the HAID Group has established its headquarters in Guangzhou, Guangdong. To bring this vision to life, HAID Group commissioned LOLA Landscape Architects to design the landscape for its Biotech HQ Science Campus.

Haid Science Park: A Breathing Bio-Tech Organism

Set within the agricultural heritage of Guangzhou’s Panyu District, Haid Science Park transforms a 6-hectare site of former fishponds and greenhouses into a high-performance “Bio-tech Organism.” The design rejects the typical “clear-and-build” approach, instead preserving and reconfiguring the central fishpond as a three-dimensional landscape framework. This ecological core anchors a system where landscape operates as a living infrastructure, integrating microclimate regulation with the daily rhythms of a modern research campus. By retaining mature trees and existing water assets, the project maintains site identity while creating a layered environment organized around water, shade, and movement.

Simulation-Driven Microclimate and Circulation

To address Guangzhou’s extreme humidity and heat, the project employs an innovative microclimate circulation strategy. Design decisions were informed by user movement simulations, identifying high- and low-energy zones to strategically distribute permeable and low-reflective paving, dense planting, and cooling water features. Sloped landforms and constructed wetlands filter stormwater runoff into the central lake, creating a sustainable, closed-loop water management system.
Circulation is organized through an integrated network of organic pathways, underground connections, and ground-level corridors, separating pedestrian, service, and vehicular flows while maintaining spatial continuity. User movement simulations informed the identification of high- and low-energy zones, guiding the distribution of paving, planting, and landscape installations. Circular paving patterns and biomimetic green forms reinforce the site’s systemic logic, balancing openness with spatial intimacy.

Activating the Social Ecosystem

As a realized commercial environment, the park successfully extends professional life into an immersive ecological realm. Lakeside work decks, meditation platforms, and a continuous boardwalk support diverse patterns of use, while a floral promenade and stepped seating activate dining areas and informal social exchange. Near the employee dormitories, layered planting creates a calm outdoor living room that supports both collective activity and individual retreat.
Through this interconnected network of gardens, promenades, and activity zones, the landscape extends daily life into an immersive ecological environment. Haid Science Park functions as a resilient living system where people, nature, and innovation continuously evolve together.

Project credits Haid Science Park
Landscape design: LOLA Landscape Architects
I.c.w.: NBBJ, Guangzhou Design Institute Group Co., Ltd, Shenzhen Longchase Regional Planning and Design Co., Ltd
Client: Guangzhou Haid Group, Guangzhou Haoyue Biotechnology Development Co., Ltd.
Photography: Duo Vision, LOLA Landscape Architects

Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, 510434