A&N Shangyuan Landscape Design

The Emerald Garden is a semi-private garden for a high-end residential project in the new livable neighborhood Hexi, located in Nanjing, China. The client asked for a pilot project that demonstrates the future livable community created through scientific approaches. The site was adjacent to a busy avenue. Therefore, another challenge was to create a hidden […]

Background The park renewal project aims to introduce interactive outdoor spaces to lighten up the dense industrial neighborhood of Zhengzhou, China. Xijiao, selected to be the leading industrial region for the city in the 50s, was developed, emphasizing productivity setting aside its residents’ livability aspect. The neighborhood has been facing the problem of insufficient functioning […]

CONTEXT Chongqing is an inland city famous for its extraordinary mountainous and hilly urban landscapes. Located at two rivers’ confluence, its adjacency to water and its topography increase the city’s humidity level and give its name- “The City of Fog.”  Evolving and being with nature is the essential highlight of the city. DESIGN CHALLENGES AND […]

As the origin of the Yellow River civilization, Fangding village region represents an excellent ancient construction method- integrating courtyard-houses and cave-dwellings into natural earth walls and mountains, which is the critical philosophy that influenced the design. The Cultural Center project’s design aims to memorize the site’s historical relics and frame a vivid green park for […]

Chongqing Forest Park is a residential community park that re-introduces the vernacular redwood forest landscape to the city. It advocates environmentally-friendly neighborhoods and addresses the issues of green space deficiency in previous urban development. The design is based on comprehensive local forest research and emphasized the value of ecologies, site activities requirements, and stormwater management. […]