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Niklas Söderlund

Quzhou Luming Park Turenscape

Quzhou Luming Park is located right in the heart of the new district of Quzhou, along the west bank of Shiliang Creek, the west area of the city. This project, 31.3 hectares in size, is an urban waterfront park of comprehensive functions by integrating gathering, exercising and recreational uses for visitors. The site has complex topography with red sandstone hills and flood plain in the lower area. This park showcases three design concepts:

Minimal intervention: Preserve the unique red sandstone hills and its ecological base. Through bridges, path systems and several pavilions, the site’s original geologic features and vegetation are well protected, and its accessibility creates rich open space. 

Productive urban farming landscape: The scattered planting patches on the red sandstone hills and the fertile land on the flood zone were planted with productive vegetation, such as canola in spring, sunflowers and low-maintenance herbal chrysanthemum in summer, which created a productive vegetation base with changing beauty in different seasons.

Water resilience: The floating broad walks above the creek, the bridges and the stilted pavilions, are all designed to “make friends” with water, i.e. be resilient to water.

What’s more, this project gave full respect to its cultural heritage by preserving its pebble paths, pavilions, agricultural pumping station and tunnels. An environmental interpretation system was also established to introduce visitors the natural and cultural history of the places. Quzhou Luming park, after its completion, was widely acclaimed by visitors and has become a new identity of the city of Quzhou.

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