client: Kunshan
area: 86.8ha
completion: 2018
awards:
2019 World Architecture News Awards (WAN)
2019 Architecture MasterPrize (AMP)
2019 International Design Awards (IDA)
Nansong Lake High-tech Ecological Park Master Planning - Kunshan is a typical urban model of the city rapid grow by attracting manufacture industry. It is facing challenges such as the shrinking and fragmentation of green spaces and ecosystems, water and air pollution, and the physical and mental issues due to the lack of green spaces. As the only large lake within brownfields, through the construction of the park, it serves as a new space for corporate display and business, while meeting the growing recreational needs and restoration of ecosystems. The combination of landscape and modern renewable energy technology, the implement of artificial floating wetlands to respond to environmental challenges within the site, transforming the park from an abandoned corner into a green promoter of sustainable development in the future.