Lion Mountain Park in Suzhou by TLS Landscape Architecture
The City of Suzhou, China has announced TLS Landscape Architecture, Berkeley, California as the winner of the Lion Mountain Park Design Competition. The new 74-hectare urban park, built on the grounds of an old amusement park and pond, is anchored by Shishan (Lion) Mountain. The park will become the key amenity of the newly-developing Suzhou High-Tech District.
Lion Mountain forms the core of a new urban ecosystem complex and is united with the newly enlarged Shishan Lake by a great circular promenade which also organizes new development parcels surrounding the park. An extensive public art program will draw on local cultural and artistic traditions in the heart of an ancient city famous for its historic core with architecture and courtyard gardens of UNESCO World Heritage status.
Shishan Lake will be doubled in size and its water quality raised from a murky Level 3 to a sparkling Level 1 through the creation of a new sustainable watershed – harvesting annual rainfall and naturally cleaning new development area. As the circular promenade unfolds around the site it will become the prime venue for daily social life modeled on the famous Ten Scenes of West Lake in Hangzhou. Source by TLS Landscape Architecture. Info project
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Decoding Ancient Chinese Gardens (full program)
Suzhou is the heart and origin of the world’s oldest and most well known classical Chinese Gardens. These gardens are on UNESCO’s World Heritage site list. Lance, an architect, and Kelly, a landscape designer, from the SF Bay Area experience the synthesis of art, nature, and architecture from several masterpiece gardens in Suzhou, China. They also engage in different aspects of Suzhou’s culture.
These two travelers visit the Master of Nets Garden, which was designed and built during the Song Dynasty almost 1000 years ago. They traverse the rock maze of the Lion Forest Garden, and experience the tranquility of the Couple’s Retreat Garden and more.
Along they way, they see the architectural poetry of the garden-like Suzhou Museum, designed by the world famous architect, I.M. Pei, who also designed the Louvre in Paris.
An exciting excursion to the water town of Tongli, south of the Yangzte River Delta, exposes Lance and Kelly to ancient waterways, bridges and residential architecture. At the 100 year old restaurant, Songhe Lou, they savor Suzhou cuisine like the signature dish Song Shu Gui Yu (fried sweet and sour squirrel-shaped Mandarin fish).
Watch Lance and Kelly’s discovery of a distinctive culture as they decode ancient Chinese Gardens.
[CITY TOUR] A trip through Suzhou, China, where one of SKEMA's 6 campuses is located
Clemence, a SKEMA student studying at the school's Suzhou campus in China, explores the popular places in the city, providing a glimpse of its landscape, architecture, cuisine, and more.
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Architecture and Urban Project in China ⎮ Suzhou Creek Competion by IFADUR
International Competition for the landscape design and urban development of the docks along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China.
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Humble Administrator's Garden
The famed Humble Administrator’s Garden is considered to be one of the best representations of China’s classic landscape architecture. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the garden is the largest in Suzhou and is home to a number of scenic spots including Lan xue Tang (Hall of Orchid and Snow), Daoying Lou (Tower of Reflection) and Yuanxiang Tang (Hall of Distant Fragrances). Classic zigzag bridges frame the garden with each area having a story to tell, reflecting the purpose and philosophy behind the structure.
The Panmen Scenery Area,Suzhou,China
Panmen Scenery Area was built on the base of some historic sites by using the architectural structure of classical gardens. It is famous for its numerous historic relics and abundant human landscapes and has been listed as the National 4A Tourist Area.
Hong Leong City Center in Suzhou by Aedas
Designed by Aedas Global Design Principal Dr Andy Wen, Hong Leong City Center is a mixed-use urban development which consists of hotel, office, commercial/retail, and serviced apartments. The planning conditions also require a landscape public walkway lay across the south and north of the site. The mixed-use urban development in Suzhou Industrial Park offers hotel, office, retail, and serviced apartments programmes.
Complete the development a 150-metre hotel and office tower, a 150-metre SOHO tower, two 100-metre residential towers and a central commercial podium HLCC Mall. The architectural design produces a unique organic form which melds seamlessly into the city’s breathtaking landscape. Horizontal lines dominate the façades and the differences in building heights create a three-dimensional terraced form, reminding people of the terraced tea plantations in the region.
The development is also porous and highly accessible, with a public landscaped boulevard running across the site from north to south.
The design of the architectural houses and towers focuses on horizontal lines which are similar to Suzhou’s famous terraced tea plantations. The project targets to achieve BCA green mark Platinum rating and it also commits to achieve the highest LEED environmental rating. Source by Aedas. Info project
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The Poetic of Space Classical and Modern Landscape in China, Shanghai and Suzhou
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Chinese Gardens: Pavilions, Studios, Retreats
Sunday at the Met, September 23, 2012
Human Landscapes: Gardens in Chinese Art
Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator in Charge, Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The exhibition Chinese Gardens: Pavilions, Studios, Retreats is on view August 18, 2012--January 6, 2013 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Huangshan Mountain Village | MAD Architects |Anhui Sheng, China | HD
• Architects
MAD Architects
• Location
Huangshan National Park, Huangshan Qu, Huangshan Shi, Anhui Sheng, China, 245800, China
• Principals in Charge
Ma Yansong, Qun Dang, Yosuke Hayano
• Associate in Charge
LIU Huiying
• Area
613200.0 m2
• Project Year
2017
• Photographs
Shu He, Laurian Ghinitoiu, Fernando Guerra
• Team
Philippe Brysse, Tiffany Masako Dahlen, Luke Lu, WANG Deyuan, Jakob Beer, ZHAO Wei, LI Guangchong, Kayla Lee, Geraldine Lo, Alejandra Obregon, Zeng Lingdong, Achille Tortini, Matthew Rosen, Gustavo Maya, ZHENG Fang, Sarita Tejasmit, Augustus Chan, Jeong-Eun Lee
• Clients
Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited
• Executive Architect
HSarchitects
• Interior Design
Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration
• Landscape Design
Broadacre Source Landscape
• Curtain Wall Design
Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Decoration Engineering
• Lighting Design
Shanghai Mofo Lighting
• Mountain Village Site Area
189,882 sqm
• Mountain Village Building area
69,586 sqm
Text description provided by the architects. Huangshan, located near the ancient villages of Hongcun and Xidi in China’s Anhui province, is home to one of the country’s most beautiful mountains. Known for its rich verdant scenery and distinct granite peaks, the beloved landscape has long inspired artists, offering them sheltered spaces for contemplation and reflection. As a UNESCO Heritage Site, the humanistic atmosphere and beautiful, tranquil environment has become an increasingly popular tourist destination. It is here that MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has realized “Huangshan Mountain Village”.
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Benoy’s Suzhou Center Mall
Benoy's Suzhou Center Mall is the largest mall in Suzhou and boasts the world's largest free-form monocoque roof. Featuring an undulating multi-coloured roof, it is the world’s largest free-form monocoque roof at over 36,000m2; its silhouette emulating phoenix wings to signify Suzhou’s growth taking flight. Comprised of seven storeys, six of which being above ground and one retail basement level, the mall is a new city landmark.
Suzhou Center Mall boasts 60,000m2 of lush greenery across its numerous outdoor terraces, rooftops and the landscaped cantilever bridges that extend from two ends of the mall to the lakefront. A 45-metre-wide and 25-metre-high water curtain adorns the mall’s façade facing Jinji Lake. In front of the western entrance is a 1,600m2 semi-outdoor courtyard, the designated venue for large-scale public events.
Two giant LED screens – each measuring 20 metres in height and 70 metres in width – artfully integrate with the design of the monocoque roof and offer stunning picture quality when turned on. Suzhou Center Mall is designed as a green oasis that meets local and international design and sustainability standards. Source by Benoy. Info project
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Garden, Bridges and Canals When You Visit Suzhou, China
Known as the “Venice of China,” Suzhou feels like a place stuck in time. Complemented by waterside gardens, sacred landmarks and historic dwellings, Suzhou’s dynamic thoroughfare of narrow water passages are among the oldest and most charming in the world.
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My Life in China - Suzhou, Changsha, and April in China
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In this episode of My Life in China, we're back with Richard Ramsundar, an AYC Educational Ambassador from New York City living and working in Li County, Changde, China.
Kicking off April, Richard took a trip to Suzhou, AKA the Venice of the East. It's a beautiful, famous city close to Shanghai. The city is famous for it's lush, historic gardens, architecture and canals winding through the city. He spent his time with friends exploring the narrow alleyways, garden hopping, hanging out in the bar district and relaxing.
He then jumped on an overnight train to Changsha to meet up with some friends. His Chinese has improved a lot and he can now successfully small talk and bargain, making short trips even more engaging.
He visited another foreign teacher's school back in Lixian and met a lot of her co-workers and students. He saw a big talent show the school arranged at a fancy hotel and met some Ukrainian performers. The expat communities in smaller Chinese cities are relatively small so it's always nice for foreigners to meet and share experiences.
Over the Chinese labor day holiday, Richard and friends took a long bike ride, discovered a new temple and chatted with some monks. They then came across a Baijiu brewery (Chinese grain alcohol) and got a tour from the friendly owners. They ended the holiday with a nice picnic and a night of KTV (karaoke.)
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Suzhou Lotus Garden
A personal journey through the famous gardens of the Ming Dynasty of 1509. This garden is know as the Humble Administrator's Garden but my point of view are focused on the Lotus plants that thread their way through the larger format of this great great in Suzhou China.
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Chinese Garden, is a park in Jurong East, Singapore. Built-in 1975 by the JTC Corporation and designed by Prof. Yuen-Chen Yu, an architect from Taiwan, the Chinese Garden’s concept is based on Chinese gardening art. The main characteristic is the integration of architectural features with the natural environment. The Chinese Garden is modelled along the northern Chinese imperial style of architecture and landscaping. It is located next to the Chinese Garden MRT Station and connected to the adjacent Japanese Garden by a bridge. Along with the Japanese Garden, the two gardens are collectively known as the Jurong Gardens.
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00:00 View of the Twin Pagodas
00:09 Starting from the White Rainbow Bridge
02:00 View of the 7 Storey Pagoda
02:43 View of the Stone Boat across the lake
03:15 Confucius Statue
03:53 View of the Tea House Pavillion
05:19 Heading to the Bonsai Garden
06:12 Within the Bonsai Garden
07:38 Small waterfall feature
08:00 Crossing the small stone bridge
08:57 Cute squirrel having a meal
09:38 View of the Japanese Garden Bridge
09:58 View of the 7 Storey Pagoda
11:46 Entering the Garden of Abundance (Statues of the 12 Chinese Zodiac)
12:30 Tiger Statue
12:53 Rabbit Statue
13:01 Dragon Statue
13:23 Pig Statue
13:32 Dog Statue
13:38 Rooster Statue
14:43 Heading towards the 7 Storey Pagoda
15:43 Close up view of the 7 Storey Pagoda
16:50 Preparing to climb up the pagoda
17:10 View from the bottom of the pagoda
17:34 2nd storey
17:56 3rd storey
18:15 4th storey
18:36 5th storey
18:56 6th storey
19:17 7th storey (Highest level)
19:25 View from the top of the 7th Storey Pagoda (View of Lakeville condo and Lakeshore condominium)
19:37 View of the West Entrance of Chinese Garden (where we started from) and the Stone Boat
20:03 View of the Japanese Garden Bridge
20:23 View of HDB Flats (public housing) in the Jurong area
20:37 View of Chinese Garden MRT Station
21:19 View from within the pagoda (Top down)
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Bendigo Chinese Precinct/ Landscape Architect Rush Wright Associates
rwa's design for the precinct reflects the relationship to the museum and regional materials. The space is split over two levels with landscaped terraces providing seating and access. The lower plaza acts as an amphitheatre forecourt and is paved in Chinese granite with the river delta pattern referencing the homeland of the Chinese miners and is inscribed with the historic Chinese name for Bendigo, Big Gold Mountain. The upper level bridges the creek and is paved in a local slate with natural colour variation and iron pyrites (fool's gold) speckling.
Planting is inspired by Chinese history and landscapes, with conifers and bamboo forming the primary planting character, low level indigenous species and swale planting is part of the water sensitive urban design. The three abstract flowers, Lotus, Chrysanthemum and Allium, are important visual signifiers which identify the precinct from key views while defining the character of the new space and contributing to the night time activation of the plaza.
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Christoph Valentien - The Landscape Architect of Shanghai | Arts.21
A ring of laurel trees from all the continents forms the basic idea for the new Botanical Garden in Shanghai.German architect Christoph Valentien drew up the plans which accompany the EXPO 2010. They consist of 35 theme areas combining European and Chinese gardening traditions. Meanwhile, they provide the megacity with a green oasis.
CHINA: GARDEN TO BE TRANSPORTED TO USA
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A group of landscape architects in China have received an unusually large order from the United States.
The city of Portland, Oregon, have put in a request for a classical Chinese Garden to be built in China before it is transported to the U-S where it will have a permanent home.
The Suzhou style garden is expected to cover a surface of nearly 4-thousand square metres making it the largest classical Chinese Garden outside of China.
At the Suzhou Institute of Landscape Architectural Design, forty-seven-year-old Zhuang Mu, is very busy.
In fact, his latest task may well be the largest order he and his colleagues have ever agreed to undertake in their lifetime.
In October 1995, the city of Suzhou, a hundred kilometres west of Shanghai, received a purchase order from the U-S, to provide a classical Chinese garden for the city of Portland.
Suzhao-style gardens have become famous for their beauty and traditional integrity - much appreciated by people living within and outside of China.
Once known as the Venice of the Orient, Suzhou itself contains what is widely regarded as the most exquisite collection of classical gardens in China.
Some Suzhao gardens date back five centuries.
Unlike many Chinese cities that have bulldozed their past to build modern tower blocks, Suzhou has successfully protected its cultural treasures, earning the status of UNESCO world heritage.
Built like picturesque miniature worlds, the gardens are designed for scholarly retreats within the city, allowing visitors to remove themselves from the ugly realities of the outside world.
The plants and trees form only part of the equation that make up a Suzhou garden.
Free-standing stones and interlocked wooden structures add to the contrast of lines and material which the garden reflects according to its own particular philosophy and view of the world.
Mixing man-made architecture with the natural landscape symbolise s a merger between rigid Confucianism and a Taoist appreciation of chaos.
On the whole, China has three different kinds of gardens.
Emperor gardens, also known as the Ming or Beijing gardens, are characterised by their size and magnificence.
Temple gardens, on the other hand, are simpler and more symbolic.
Finally, there are private gardens, of which Suzhou provides the best examples.
It's these private Suzhou gardens that have proven to be the envy of many cities in and outside of China.
So appealing are they that Portland was willing to put forward 2-point-7 (m) million U-S dollars for the pleasure of owning one.
But the Oregon based city isn't the first city in the U-S to make such a purchase.
Both Seattle and News York have already got theirs.
But with a surface of around 3-thousand 7-hundred square metres, Portland is set to have the largest classical Chinese Garden outside China, three times the size of the Suzhou garden in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Once the foundation elements of the garden are completed, the components will be shipped to Portland where it will be assembled, on location, by Chinese builders.
Over a thousand cubic metres of wood and 5-hundred tons of stone will be used for the construction.
The Suzhou company say they are keen to provide the most authentic finish for their project.
Most of the components, especially the wood work, are hand-made by some of China's best craftsmen, using centuries old techniques and designs.
Most of the wood used, known as nanmu, is indigenous to China and is closest, in comparison, to the Western elm.
Some of the nanmu came from a thousand year-old trees and most of the logs were purchased by the company last year before the government banned the cutting of forests following the country's worst flooding in decades.
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