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Riverside Yajun's showroom for Agile Real Estate lies in the northern Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City, part of the national Binhai New Area strategy, near attractions such as Fantawild Adventure and the Eco-City Library. Landscaped by UP+S, with interiors by GND Enjia and contractors Beijing Jinglin and Guangzhou Yayue, the project uses real scenes to express the interaction of water with human settlement across the Bohai Bay, the Hai River delta salt pans, the ancient Jiyun merchant waterway and the reed marshes of the Eco-City. The site is a peninsula ringed by the Jiyun and Gudao rivers, once the Yingshang Reservoir whose agricultural irrigation role has ended as urban life takes over. The design steps back from the showroom dimension to think of the Eco-City's northern green corridor, using regional water and culture to weave an ecological-community spirit into the site. An east-to-west embankment-like grade change is exploited to shape a sponge wetland park with low impact and low maintenance; the lake is pumped for circulation to prevent eutrophication, and plant communities and organisms build a stable water ecosystem. Site memories of hills, caves, rivers, mudflats and the sea are translated into concrete landscape nodes. The 25,761-square-meter sales site will become the future community park, with a dedicated children's entry after the kindergarten is built; a 1,000-square-meter lake and 518 mature trees wait for the future residents. The sales center will become a lifestyle commercial space by the water, and Water Drop Lake, fed by harvested rainwater, provides habitat for fish, insects and amphibians and an ecological stepping stone for migrating birds. A color-maze rain garden demonstrates the water cycle, and the children's playground mimics Bohai Bay hills, woods and mudflats with slides in the woods, dry creek connections and minimal industrial materials, letting children touch sand, stones and flowers, balance on fallen logs and boulders, and explore an animal maze and soil classroom. A midsummer wildflower meadow beyond the sales center glows after dark. Resident designers oversaw material selection and on-site corrections over six months to deliver a flexible, self-growing open space.