Open and Wild
Greenway for ATLAS
Open and Wild, is part of Wuhan East Lake greenway, a city level public greenway located in Wuhan, China. With Moshan Park as the core, it is one of the best scenic spots in East Lake whose design takes the idea of Making the City Quiet" as the core planning concept. Walking between the greenways, every plant, tree, flower and brick is the result of landscape design. It seems to have no trace, but the design is everywhere. Enjoying flowers in spring, bathing in the cool wind in summer, watching fallen leaves in autumn, bathing in the warm sun in winter - each season has its own beauty.
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Unique Properties
Wuhan East Lake greenway is a city level public greenway located in Wuhan, whose first phase is divided into four sections, while the Open and Wild is one of those four. The project is located in the center of the East Lake with Moshan Park as the core. With a total land area of about 310 hectares, it is one of the best scenic spots in the East Lake whose supporting construction is relatively mature, and a place where the mark of history is inherited.
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park, greenway, landscape, Wuhan, ATLAS
Production Technology
In the planning, the designers fully connect the Moshan section with the urban master plan, regional comprehensive transportation planning, municipal special planning and other relevant planning, implements the overall requirements of the East Lake Greenway Construction, highlights the Open and Wild landscape characteristics of the East Lake greenway, and fully reflects the natural ecology, convenience and comfort of the greenway by connecting the surrounding functions of the region.
Design Challenge
How to fully show the Open and Wild landscape characteristics of the this place become one of the challenges to the designers. The design focused on two aspects of functional requirements: one is the open scenic area portal, which will make Moshan section a natural ecological landscape miniature of the great beauty East Lake; the second is to design the post station in detail, fully considering the traffic connection, passenger flow distribution, tourists' rest, supporting services, etc.
Project Duration
The project is located in Wuhan city, which started designing in 2015 and has been completed in 2018.
Operation Flow
The designers carry on the detailed design to the building, landscape sketch, environmental sanitation lighting, sign facility, rest facility, paving material and so on, to create the landscape space which manifests the ecological characteristic. The ecological protection of the water environment and natural vegetation are also taken into consideration to create an unique exquisite revetment landscape on the basis of not destroying the water environment, ecology and the overall landscape.
Research
After careful research, the designers found out that he original Waterfront Livingroom, Jingchu Xiongfeng and Yanbo Yunshan in Moshan park are antiquated with single function, which do not meet the actual needs of greenway. So that when carrying out the detailed planning and design, the designers focus on the cultural heritage of Moshan Park, and combine the historical memory of the park with the new construction needs.
Inspiration
The design adheres to the planning concept of Making the City Quiet, the mountain, water, capital and city are used as the carrier in order to fulfill the design goal, which is letting people walk in the mountains and rivers, to experience the multi-level space transformation. The core of the design is transforming from the lake to the forest, which is expected to make the users meet in the interwoven space and time of thousands of years, and experience the dialogue between history and today.
Image Credits
Photographer: Senwei Xiao
Project Overview
Open and Wild Greenway has been a Silver winner in the Landscape Planning and Garden Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Silver Recognition
NATSUKI MORIBA was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Open and Wild Greenway.
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