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The Yanlord Riviera Garden International Community Commercial Centre in Haikou sits on the north side of Jiangdong Avenue in the Jiangdong New District, between Linhailiuheng Road and Linhai Third Road, where the Nandu River meets the sea. Developed by Haikou Yanlord Real Estate (design team Cai Chuhui, Cai Gangta, Dong Gaolu, Lin Wan, Jiang Long, Zhu Xinxin, Chen Danruo, Chen Binbin, Chen Xinyi, Lin Yuling), the overall community occupies 187,536 square metres, while this commercial building is roughly 20,000 square metres. The design responds to Haikou's tropical climate and to the demand for a highly inclusive, humanized, pluralistic international lifestyle, organizing the building as a multi-level time box that carries memory and tells its own story. The centre serves as the neighbourhood hub on the community's central axis, containing a sports centre, supermarket, dining and leisure, health and beauty, plus a community clubhouse, producing a warm, easy commercial atmosphere with rhythmic, light, organic massing. Elevation, ecology and humanism are integrated: staggered volumes with rich texture use glass to blur interior-exterior boundaries and invite pedestrians to linger. Raised ground floors and ecological atriums suit the local climate, while a modern, warm-toned facade and simple, refined details redefine belonging in neighbourhood retail. A hotel-style entrance uses rolling-wave elements and lighting for arrival identity; an open elevated garden provides lush ecological space; a rooftop infinity pool frames the good life; the sports hall holds basketball, badminton, fencing and a gym, with side glazing beneath the court to avoid ball impact while admitting light and views, and perforated aluminium panels and horizontal aluminium louvers on the second-floor curtain wall to soften direct sun. The underground clubhouse holds a heated pool, and the sunken courtyard is the recreational centrepiece. Sustainable materials, water recycling and energy-efficient measures aim for harmony among people, building and nature.
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