Weimar Group:West Taihu Lake bank, gathering the most valuable ecological resources of the changwu area. 164 square kilometers of scenery endows it with the title of “the most ecological and charming place in Changzhou”. Changzhou country garden· urban forest, a gift of nature and ecology – living in the lake bank with the backgroud of Metasequoia.

When we visited the site at the beginning of the design, we were shocked and surprised by the spectacular metasequoia forest. The feeling of being in the forest, real and dreamlike, and the site itself, awakens our inner desire for nature, peace and life. It’s a kind of life condition that the contemporary urbanites are losing gradually. It’s the life mood that we have been longing for and pursuing… And these, we hope to be able to present in Changzhou country garden · urban forest, bringing a moment of peace and comfort to the city.

Different from the traditional landscape design of demonstration area, we design through a new concept. How to integrate the architecture, interior and landscape with the ecological nature and the existing Metasequoia forest in the West Taihu Lake, and build a habitable forest oxygen bar in the city, is what we focus on.

We make the best use of the ecology given by the surrounding environment, bring the hundred year old Metasequoia forest along the West Taihu Lake into the area, remove the tedious and meaningless elements and landscape, and return to the characteristics of the site itself through the “negative landscape design” method. Walking here, breathing here, cruising here and exploring the urban forest that originates from nature and integrates into nature.