Guiyang New Community Park Parque Comunitário by Hu Sun - S.P.I

Guiyang New Community Park Parque Comunitário by Hu Sun - S.P.I is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Prata in Planeamento Paisagístico e Design de Jardins Competition Category.

PrataDesign Paisagístico· 2022

Guiyang New Community Park Parque Comunitário

by Hu Sun - S.P.I

Client: Guangzhou S.P.I Design Co., LTD

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Design Paisagístico Category

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The Design

About Guiyang New Community Park Parque Comunitário

O Parque Comunitário Novo de Guiyang é um parque público em Guiyang, na China. O parque ocupa 130.000 metros quadrados às margens do Rio Laoma. As intervenções no local foram mantidas ao mínimo, preservando-se a maior parte das árvores e da vegetação rasteira existentes. Os terraços agrícolas foram reintroduzidos com o emprego de métodos construtivos tradicionais. Muros baixos de pedra seca, escadarias, caminhos e um grande anfiteatro foram construídos com calcário local. O projeto oferece áreas de lazer para pessoas de todas as idades, ao mesmo tempo em que preserva o relevo cárstico e as variações sazonais do rio.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Guiyang New Community Park Parque Comunitário conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Guiyang New Community Park Parque Comunitário seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Guiyang New Community Park Parque Comunitário é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project provides a novel solution for the community park in Guiyang, China. A resilient design with a minimum of intervention that respects the site and highlights the local karst geography and former land use.
As a result, the community park successfully integrates a program of leisure activities for the public with the preservation of karst landscape formations on the one hand and a waterfront design to support the dynamic hydrological processes on the other.
Dimensions & Packaging: Landscape Design Area: 130000 ㎡
By addressing the soil stability and site reconstruction, the designers also fell back on traditional construction methods and reintroduced farming terraces. Low dry walls were partly repaired and built with local limestone rocks to protect and reinforce the land adjacent to the flood zone. Also, stairs and paths and the large amphitheater were constructed with this local building material and the whole ensemble creates a strong sense of place.
Tags: Natural, wild, art ,romantic, leisure, livable
Production Technology: The interventions on site were kept to a minimum and the existing habitat was widely preserved. Most of the trees and ground covers were retained and integrated into the new design. By addressing the soil stability and site reconstruction, the designers also fell back on traditional construction methods and reintroduced farming terraces. Low dry walls were partly repaired and built with local limestone rocks to protect and reinforce the land adjacent to the flood zone.
Design Challenge: The karst topology and proximity to the Laoma river determine the parameters for the design. There is, for example, an elevation difference of 45 meters within the site boundary to overcome. Hence the slopes inclined towards the river suffer erosion and a loss of vegetation. Equally affected is the site from the river with seasonal floods and changing water levels of up to 5 meters. Therefore, the designers developed the strategies: low intervention, traditional construction, resilient design.
Research: The landscape design reasonably plans the site, and provides important theoretical supports for protecting the original ecology of the site and reducing the amount of earthwork from the aspects of function layout, resource protection, cultural landscape protection, ecological diversity and landscape effect. In ecological design, the original trees and herbs are retained to reduce the restoration cost of ecological balance.
Inspiration: The site is located in Guiyang adjacent to Laoma River. Situated within undulating karst hills, the area previously unfolded a typical Asian scenery with green mountains, terraces, and blue rivers with sampan fishing boats. Only recently, the site context developed into a new urban district.
The designer’s main objective in this project is to preserve and emphasize the existing landscape character. Additionally, the park should provide attractions to promote the connection between human beings and nature.
Project Duration: The project was designed in Dec. 2019, and completed in June 2020 in Guiyang.
Operation Flow: 1. Restore the original landform and vegetation landscape.
2. Resilient and sustainable design, local materials and traditional construction techniques are used to reduce maintenance costs.
3. The interventions on site were kept to a minimum and the existing habitat was widely preserved.
4. The diversity of public space meets the needs of people of all ages.
Team Members: Hu Sun
Duanlian Nie
Ya Xiao
Kun Shi
Yang Lei
Yuting Pan
Hao Zhou
Shu Chen
Yanfang Chen
Image Credits: Image#1: Photographer S.P.I, Guiyang New Community Park, 2020.
Image#2: Photographer S.P.I, Guiyang New Community Park, 2020.
Image#3: Photographer S.P.I, Guiyang New Community Park, 2020.
Image#4: Photographer S.P.I, Guiyang New Community Park, 2020.
Image#5: Photographer S.P.I, Guiyang New Community Park, 2020.