TERRAIN AND WATER AS CANVAS:LUMING PARK IN QUZHOU

Abstract

The site of the Luming Park was a remnant patchwork landscape made up of rolling hills, a riparian flood plain along the river basin and vegetated areas of bushes and grasses, etc. Scattered in this landscape were some local landscape heritages. Instead of leveling the site, which is conventionally used in dealing with such situation, the landscape architects created a dynamic urban park by incorporating the agricultural strategy of crop rotation and a low maintenance meadow. Ideas such as “stormwater management,” “agricultural urbanism and productive landscape,” and “minimum interventionare” were integrated into the landscape design strategy to “frame the terrain and water,” by quilting boardwalks and trail networks for recreation onto the site.

Keywords

Waterfront Park / Ecology / Pedestrian Paths / Productive Landscape / Cultural Heritage

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2016 Higher Education Press