Szeyup Palace Display Area is located on the banks of the Tanjiang River, Kaiping City, a river endowed with clear water quality and vast river surface. The project site is flat and open with excellent natural landscape conditions.
As a noted hometown of overseas Chinese, Kaiping City, a part of Lingnan Area, frequently appears in the dream of those living overseas. Tanjiang River, the mother river of Kaiping people, also functions as the emotional sustenance of many overseas Chinese from this land.
As a result, the designers had to not only think about integrating natural and cultural landscape resources into the design thinking, but also about making connections to overseas Chinese and Lingnan garden characteristics into the design scheme – the theme of “between clouds and water” came into being.
The display area covers an area of 4 hectares, which is much larger than usual display areas. As such, the landscape design focuses on optimizing the long walking distance and maximizing the natural advantages the project offers.
Place Design Group extensively considered the driving/walking flow into the centre of the display area, creating an “enclosed first and open late” space. The parking area was positioned relatively close to the display area so as to reduce visitors’ walking distance. Bamboo forests and sunken footpaths enclose the front part of the space, creating a winding and peaceful atmosphere. In front of the sales center, the mirror-like waterscape and open space enables visitors to enjoy the beauty of Tanjiang River during the negotiation, leading to a strong spatial contrast.
The delicate feature wall at the entrance reduces the noise from outside. At night, the lights shine through specifically designed holes in varying sizes on the carved aluminum panels, reflecting the shadows of the bamboo forest, creating a strong oriental charm.
The bamboo forest walk leads visitors deeper inside the display area. The dense and towering bamboo forests narrow views so that the focus remains solely on the display area.
穿过幽幽竹径，售楼处前方的下沉式听泉步道引人入胜。
Passing through the bamboo forest walk,the sunken footpath in front of sales center really demands visitors’ attention.
Initially, the high-water level was expected to affect the tree’s survival. After discussing with the client, we applied a partially sinking planting tank to avoid the roots being soaked by groundwater, thus ensuring the survival of the tree. As a result, we achieved the landscape effect as envisioned.
从售楼中心向外望去，静谧广阔的水池与整个潭江江面连成一片，水天一色，让人仿佛端坐于云水之上。
While viewed from the sales centre the tranquil and broad waterscape is connected with the surface of Tanjiang River. With water and sky sharing the same color, the design theme of creating a connection between the clouds and water is achieved.
To achieve the landscape effect of “water meets sky”, the designers spent much time on 3D model simulation and field measurement, determining the volume of the space.
In the inner courtyard of the sales center, the designers elaborately built a “wind-bell feature wall” that echoes marginal waterscape. The wall consists of tens of thousands of mirrored blades that will move with the wind and reflect light above the water once the breeze hits.
夜幕降临，镜面水池上漂浮着的水滴型雕塑，在灯光的掩映下愈发动人，成为后庭当中绝对的视觉焦点。
When night falls, the water-drop sculpture floating on the mirror pool is increasingly eye-catching under the cover of lights, standing out as visual focus in the backyard.
The galaxy light belt surrounding the whole courtyard complements the architecture and presents a different artistic effect from the daytime, achieving a strong visual impact.
An open space was specially designed along the display area to create a place to view the beauty of the Tanjiang River. The existing Chinaberry trees along the Tanjiang River were retained. Alongside the trees, a leisure space was created through the incorporation of a large-scale open lawn.
The designers combined the land art landscape with walkway and woods. A mirror-like “starlight wall” was created on both sides of the walkway, where river surface, sky and tree shadow meet with one another, with the angle of each steel plate designed to precision.
The water of Tanjiang River and the clouds from hometown - The display area evokes memories of their hometowns depending on its unique spatial layout and landscape conception.