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The design effort draws upon the site, establishing a distinct closeness with indigenous Naxi culture and alpine nature in creating a place of comfort, solitude and peace.
The inspiring use of native plants, melt snow water, local stones and ethnic textures not only creates a variety of spaces and views but also draws visitors in to explore the rich local culture. The wilderness garden has become an educational center focusing on the importance of indigenous vegetation and wildlife to the biodiversity of the Lijiang.
The artful amphitheater providing immersive and interactive space for Naxi traditional festivals and outdoor art exhibitions becomes culturally important for local community.
Within Pan-Himalaya Region, Alpine Garden is situated on hillside of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang, China, at an altitude of 2560m high. The 6-hectare site sits close to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Yuhu historic village in north and Baisha historic town in east which can be overlooked from the garden.
This place used to be abandoned farmland and village,while after the regeneration,it has become an activity place for people to enjoy dancing, singing, reading, watching and gathering.
Designers worked closely with botanist and local villagers to identify existing plant species and study the feasibility. It experimentally explore the possibility of using the least natural resource to create a long lasting wilderness garden which also needs the least maintenance. The team adopted comprehensively approaches to avoid any heavy machinery to carefully preserve every indigenous tree and groundcover. Sourced within 50 km, local stones are wildly used in landscape walls, water features and paving. With uncompromising craftsmanship, local stonemasons and carpenters carried out all stone and wood related works. By using traditional technics to carve and stack, they deliberately remain all subtle texture details on every stone while the design form is contemporary and simple.
Inspired by modernist design and the impression of terraces in Yunnan, Z’scape establishes a contrast and fusion between wild disorder nature and artificial geometric order, Creating a hidden world experience that grows inwardly and lives outwardly. It motivates people to think about the relationship between man and nature. In the timeline of the changing seasons, we witness the process of natural restoration and touch the souls of people with the primitive power of land itself.
Founder of Z'scape Mr. Zhou Liangjun has rich experience in both domestic and overseas work. He has years of practical landscape design experience in London, UK. He has worked on various types of projects such as urban public open space, commercial complex, boutique hotel and resort landscape design. He provides wonderful and feasible concepts, planning and design solutions for worldwide projects and has practical works in Europe, the Middle East and China.
Firmly believing that design is of great value, Z’ scape is committed to the research and practice in the fields of landscape, art and design. We constantly pursue the modern naturalism and the aesthetics of landscape, explore local characteristics and design elements in every project, and emphasize the relationship between human beings, culture and nature. We are dedicated to creating artistic, cultural and sustainable landscape space which will allow people to experience the vitality of the landscape and immerse themselves in it
