Beijing Xingfa Cement Plant Quarry, founded in the early 1990s, was an exposed scar of rocks between the Great Wall and Yanqi Lake. The site was reconsidered as a picturesque rural park in relationship with the adjacent cement plant, which also underwent revitalization. Established around the region’s culture, research, and technology-oriented outlook, the design focuses on the potential to host a variety of outdoor culture and art events. With a sunken water space and an elevated rock space, the park’s mood ranges from meditative to otherworldly. Carefully considered cliff stabilization, rock reuse, industrial accessory reuse, water collection, and planting strategies allow the park to become an incubator of ecology, culture, and art, reversing a history of negative landscape intervention.
The project’s initial phase encompassed a hiking trail to establish an initial image of the project. Reused quarry rocks and carefully considered natural water management methods portrayed a highly ecological integrated landscape. A hilltop pavilion provides phenomenal views, setting an industrial memory with corten steels and strengthened design languages.
Marina Central Park
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Lin'an High Tech Park
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Resonant Memory: One October Memorial
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Palisades Park
Santa Monica’s famous pier area draws visitors who often disregard pavement boundaries and compact the landscape soil. Palisades Park, adjacent to the iconic pier, is a particularly active site for cyclists and tourists that has long been in need of a planting strategy to discourage pedestrian overflow into the landscape. SWA’s defensive planting strategy tack...