Zhao Zhou
Community Park for Xie Weiqiang
The project is a community park with dual attributes: community service and commemorative green space. Taking Shen Zhaozhou and his music as the theme, it creates ten sceneries, including Maze, Zelkova Path, Malus Spectabilis Path, Musical Fountain Square, Shen Zhaozhou Art Center, Inner Courtyard of Pipa Garden, Zhaozhou Musical Theater, Malus Spectabil is Garden, Chinese Rose Garden and Pipa Sound Wave. With the Art Center placed in the center, the other Chinese-styles courtyards and spaces are orderly organized following Fibonacci spiral and sequence from the south to the north.
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Unique Properties
Following the urban texture of Haimen District, the roads in this park are in north-south direction, complemented with orderly arrays of plants. The project applies Fibonacci spiral in the composition of its core area, and takes music as the theme to create ten sceneries. In the center of the park, the Art Center is linked and enclosed by a series of inner courtyards, creating a simple and lively spatial order.
Tags
Landmark, Theme park, Public landscape, Shen Zhaozhou, Garden City
Production Technology
The project has transformed the existing ditches into an ecological dry stream, and adopted the Fibonacci spiral composition to change the flat terrain into a site that is apt to collect rainwater, giving full play to the multiple functions of"sponge city".
Design Challenge
How to integrate the dual functions of the park:"community service"and"commemorative green space" is a challenge of the project. Following to the urban texture of Haimen District, the design has created a public theme park in honor of Chinese musician and Pipa player Shen Zhaozhou (1858-1929).
Project Duration
Location: Haimen District, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China Start: 2019 Completed: 2020
Operation Flow
The project is a commemorative landscape space promoting the Jianghai culture of Haimen and showcasing the city's cultural identity, which makes it a modern community park with dual attributes. Following to the urban texture, the design has created a public theme park in honor of Chinese musician Shen Zhaozhou (1858-1929). It applies Fibonacci spiral in the composition of the core area, and takes music as the theme to create ten scenes, together with which offering the visitors a music journey.
Research
Equal attention has placed on the ecological preservation and landscape design. A variety of plants are flexibly used for landscaping. The project also gives full play to the multiple functions of the "sponge city" and leverages landscaping approaches to achieve seepage, stagnation, storage, purification, use and drainage of rainwater. Besides, the application of new materials and technologies enable us to achieve an economical and environmental-friendly solutions.
Inspiration
The project is a public green space located in Haimen District, Nantong City. As an a public green space serving the community, it also contributes to shaping the urban culture image. The key issues and challenges of this project are:how to integrate the dual functions of the park"community service"and"commemorative green space", how to incorporate music elements into the park, and how to deal with the relationship between ecology and the garden.
Image Credits
Lu Bing
Project Overview
Zhao Zhou Community Park has been a Bronze winner in the Landscape Planning and Garden Design award category in the year 2021 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Bronze Recognition
Xie Weiqiang was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2022, a testament to excellence of their work Zhao Zhou Community Park.
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Introducing Zhao Zhou: A Modern Community Park Honoring Shen Zhaozhou
Shanghai Pudong Architecture Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. unveils Zhao Zhou, a public green space in Haimen District, Nantong City, completed in 2020, paying tribute to Chinese musician Shen Zhaozhou.
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