Zhao Zhou Community Park by Xie Weiqiang

Bronze Landscape Planning and Garden Design · 2022

Zhao Zhou Community Park

by Xie Weiqiang

A' Design Award 2022 Bronze Winner in Landscape Planning and Garden Design
Awarded April 15, 2022
CLIENT: Xie Weiqiang
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About Zhao Zhou Community Park

Zhao Zhou is a community park located in Haimen District, Nantong City, China. The park serves two roles: everyday community service and a commemorative green space honoring the Chinese musician Shen Zhaozhou. Music is the theme, and ten scenes guide visitors through the site. The core area follows a Fibonacci spiral composition, with the Art Center at the center enclosed by a series of inner courtyards. Roads run north to south and are lined with orderly rows of plants. Existing ditches were transformed into an ecological dry stream that collects rainwater.

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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.
Dimensions & Packaging: Tpye: Park
Site area: 4.6 ha.
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