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Shanghai Lacime Design Co. Ltd.'s Riverside Study Landscape Renovation presents a masterfully orchestrated dialogue between interior sanctuary and riparian landscape, where the compositional…

Riverside Study Landscape Renovation by Lacime Landscaping is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Golden A' Design Award in Landscape Planning and Garden Design Competition Category.


GoldLandscape Design· 2020

Riverside Study Landscape Renovation

by Lacime Landscaping

Client: Lacime Landscaping

Golden A' Design Award Winner in Landscape Design Category

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The Design

About Riverside Study Landscape Renovation

Riverside Study is a landscape renovation on the bank of the Liwa River in Shanghai, China. The site was originally a campus warehouse, which was converted into a study. The design considers the architecture, terrain and light, and draws elements from the school badge, the red brick building and the natural growth of plants. A sunken square with soft yellow wooden steps forms seating for rest. The walks along the river are paved with gray stone. Large reflective glass walls protect the privacy of the interior and connect inside and outside.

The Recognition

About the Golden A' Design Award

Riverside Study Landscape Renovation is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Riverside Study Landscape Renovation is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Riverside Study Landscape Renovation creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.

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We transform urban spaces through innovative landscape design. Our expertise spans parks, public squares, commercial landscapes, and educational campuses. From concept to completion, we integrate architecture, terrain, and natural elements to create harmonious environments that enhance community life.

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Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
In order to achieve creativity and integrity of the project, the design team takes into account the architecture, terrain and light, and extracts the design elements from the school badge and the red brick building, as well as from the form of natural growth of the plant. The interior and exterior spaces are strikingly beautiful under the natural conditions of site.
Dimensions & Packaging
The original parking shed on the south side of study was demolished, and the terrace and gallery frame were expanded based on the original red brick architecture. The classic red-brown rust panels were adopted to increase the design change, pace connection and function of study.
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landscape, renovation, school, reverside, plant
Production Technology
Because the square on the south side of study was too flat, the designer built a sunken square which is popular in modern design, forming seats for rest through the soft yellow wooden steps. The plants were growing in the center, increasing the sense of enclosure and bringing some unusual rustic charm.
Design Challenge
The sunk square is adjacent to a pavilion which is harmonious with the study. It is made of white and reddish-brown stone, and is repaired into a small boat in the base, which means the boat of history and carries the glorious past of East China Normal University. It is also like a burning candlelight floating in the river.
Research
The building was transformed from a warehouse to a study. As its function and gas field changed, the behavior of people interacting with it changed as well. The process of reshaping the space concept is also a way to reflect art and humanity.
Inspiration
Located on the bank of Liwa River in East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, the project was originally a warehouse for storage in the campus. The ECNU, known as the Garden University, features Chinese garden landscape and Western classical teaching buildings, many of which are cultural relics registered by the government.
Project Duration
The project is completed in 2018 in Shanghai, China.
Operation Flow
The landscape walks along the river are paved with gray stone in fold lines, with different ground covers on the sides. The wall of study is made of a large area of reflective glass, which ensures the privacy of interior and forms front view of passage space, finally achieving the boundlessness between the inside and outside conditions and natural condition.
Team Members
Lacime Landscaping

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