1. Project Overview Luoyang is an ancient and significant capital city in China, characterized by an extensive network of rivers and rich cultural heritage. In response to the national call for the construction of sponge cities, and to ensure urban ecological safety, alleviate urban flooding, and highlight regional cultural characteristics, the goal is to create a cultural sponge city that integrates "four waters converging into the city, and the city blending with water." The project...

1. Project Overview The project is located in Cangqian District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, south of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, with a total area of approximately 10 square kilometers. Thanks to its favorable geographical environment and the generations of hard work by the people of Cangqian, the area has earned the reputation of being the "granary of Jiangnan, the home of silk, and the land of fish and rice." It has also nurtured a simple folk culture and produced outst...

1、项目概述 项目位于浙江省金华市，包括义乌、金华、兰溪三个城市。项目针对金华江流域降雨集中，丘陵地形雨水易汇集产生内涝问题,提出“海绵城市”规划理念，使得城市能在适应环境变化和应对自然灾害等方面具有良好的“弹性”，下雨时吸水、蓄水、渗水、净水，需要时将蓄存的雨水“释放”并加以利用，实现雨水由“快速排除”、“末端集中”、“收纳治污”向“慢排缓释”、“源头分散”、“自然净化”转变。 规划以构建金华江流域海绵城市自然生态空间格局，通过上中下游联动，协同改善水生态、水环境、水资源、水安全四个方面的问题，充分发挥城市水体、绿地、道路、广场、小区对雨水的渗透、吸纳和净化作用。 2、目标与挑战 2.1问题与挑战 挑战一：上游的义乌，山田多，建设用地紧张；水资源紧缺，内涝、水污染严重，人水关系背离。 挑战二：中游的金华，城市发展较快速，硬化地面较多，雨水难以下渗，年径流总量控制率较低（仅42%）；同时丘陵地形，水较易汇集形成内涝问题。 挑战三：下游的兰溪，客水众多。兰溪市境内河流主要由“三江五溪”组成。洪水来袭时，衢江和金华江两条大江来水众多，导致城...

Beginning in 2006, a new urban district, Qunli New Town, in the size of 2733 Hectares, was planned to be developed at the east outskirt of Haerbin City of North China. 32 million square meters of buildings will be constructed in 13-15 years. More than one third of a million population are expected to live here. While only about 16.4% of the developable land was zoned as permeable green space, the majority of the former flat plain will be covered with impermeable concrete. While the annual rain...

1. Project Statement Wulijie new town is 10 square kilometers (6.2 square miles) in the eastern part of Wuhan about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the city center. Just to its west is a large high tech area called Optics Valley, and at its south and east is the protected, high-water-quality Liang Zhi Hu Lake, to which the water from the Wulijie is drained. The climate is hot and rainy in the summer and cold in the winter. Precipitation is around 1200 millimeters (47 inches) per year; the av...

InthismasterplanTurenscapefocusesonthepreservationofahistoricirrigationsystemasanetworkforecologicalandrecreationalusethroughthecityaroundwhichtoorganizefutureurbanization.

Threeyearsago,whenfloodinginBeijingkilled79people,theChinesegovernmentwasquicktoblamethesizeofthestorm,notthecity’sfailingdrainagesystem.Buttheexcusedidn’tpersuadethepublic.Newsreportsoffatalfloodscomeasregularlytocitydwellersastheannualmonsoonseason.

Nature and City

Thesiteconditionsposedfourmajorchallengestothelandscapearchitect:1)Howcantheremainingpatchofriparianhabitatbepreserved?2)Whatapproachtofloodcontrolshouldbeused?3)Howcantheexistingorganicallyshapedbuildingbeintegratedintothesurroundingenvironment?4)howcantheseparatedcitydistrictsbeconnectedtothenaturalriparianlandscapeofJinhua?

AsoneofthecentralgreenspacesoftheShanghai2010Expo,HoutanParkwasdesignednotonlyasarevivedecologicalwaterfrontfortheexhibition.ItwasalsoconceivedwiththeflexibilitytobetransformedintoanopenpublicwaterfrontspaceforShanghaiafterwards.