Chengdu state wide language

Bangtai Kuan Yu in Chengdu, designed by AOBO Landscape and completed in 2021 for Sichuan Bangtai Group on the city's east third ring road backed by the Longquan Mountains, builds a punk-style small forest as a spiritual refuge for urban youth. The design borrows Haruki Murakami's idea that everyone has their own forest and Thoreau's purposeful walk into the woods, then dissolves, dismantles and recombines the site into a plainland forest. Kuan means large-scale balconies, atriums and views, as well as an open attitude; Yu means neighbourly exchange, communication and dialogue with the forest. Drawing on elements of shoals, islets, terraces, deltas and groves, the design uses clean lines to lead visitors up and down slopes until they forget they are still in the city. Figurative fish, deer and birds enliven the forest, widening its sense of life. The journey passes through several zones: the Valley, where rock texture and hard architectural lines outline valley, water and plants; the Islet, where staggered terraces let water fall in layered curtains and a school of silver fish drifts beneath the surface; the Road, where small steps and curving paths pass between planted islands of pure green and red; the Forest, a white canopy under dappled light where new buds sprout on branches; the Shadow, where layered trees and blue-sky green carpet accompany a twenty-degree walk as wind conducts a forest symphony; and the final Valley, where a rooftop trellis, warm light strips and calm water at dusk create a punk confrontation of cold and warm tones, technology and art. The project offers an alternative to the slow life of Yulin Road: in Kuan Yu, you can dive into a forest and live a punk natural life.