Desde un muro de hormigón a un vibrante parque costero--Suining Parque frente al río sur

Desde un muro de hormigón a un vibrante parque costero--Suining Parque frente al río sur

Desde un muro de hormigón a un vibrante parque costero--Suining Parque frente al río sur

From a Concrete Bulkhead Riverbank to a Vibrant Shoreline Park--Suining South Riverfront Park

In the burgeoning Suining City in China, infrastructural preparation for urban growth along the Fujian River. The concrete bulkheads had been a hindrance  and degraded local ecology, conditions which this new riverfront park accomplishes to correct by converting the bleak existing levee into a verdant platform that fosters engagement with the river edge through terraced connections to the city beyond. Native species & wildlife restoration, stormwater cleansing system augment the quality of spaces.

This 130 Ha resilient green shore infrastructure initiatives project, transforms a 4km long barren shoreline into verdant, sustainable riverfront park by 5 multi-strategies:

Resilience: Critical revise of original engineered site by using resilience method to restore riverside ecosystem also addressing the flood vulnerability.

Ecological Engineering: The eyesore concrete bulkhead structure is adapted to an ecological riparian system. Stylized terraces of landscape, traverse on the sides form the stormwater management infrastructure.

Phytoremediation: A wetland system cleans treated run-off before it flows into the river.

Stormwater Management:  The existing bulkhead that 2 meters above street level is enriched with a terraced green landscape, filters the run-off collected, then flows into storm water retention & detention system.

Urban Weaving: Network of walkways, wetland experience, fitness tracks, riparian spaces, elevated platforms & canopy walkways, wildlife corridors weaving into the urban system and unify people.

Cultural Factor: The bold signature garden terrace patterned cloud forms & subtle motif inspired by Guanyin Buddha with "Floating Reflection Pond” pulsates classical legends & poems.

Conclusion

The project incorporates environments conducive to biodiversity. The positive transformation of the landscape in design aspects allows a daily and in-depth approach to nature, which is an exemplary model to civic- ecology integration.

The project has won the following awards:

ASLA General Design Category, Award of Honor, 2021

IFLA Asia-Pac LA Awards for Outstanding and Excellence, 2021

ULI Asia Pacific Awards for Excellence, 2021

World Architecture Festival, Landscape Award, 2021

AHLA Public Landscape Category, Gold Award, 2020

LIA Annual Cultural Travel Town Landscape, Excellence Award, 2020

Collaborators
Sichuan Provincial Architectural Design and Research Institute Co,Ltd.,
Year of the project conception
2017
Year of completion of the project
2020
COST (€/m²) ($/m²) (€/ha) ($/ha)
150€/m²
Price category
Regeneration
Price subcategory
Infraestructuras
Surface
130 hectares
Customer type
Administració pública
Customer Name
Suining Economic and Technological Development District of Sichuan
Construction company
MCC Communication Construction group Co., Ltd. Chongqing Yuxi Gardens Group Co,Ltd.
Works management
Chongqing Yuxi Gardens Group CO.,LTD
Maintenance manager
Bin Wang
Maintenance costs (€/m²)
1.6€/m²
Address
Binjiang South Road, Chuanshan District, Suining City, Sichuan Province
City / Place
Suining
Region
Chuanshan District
Country
China