Chunjiang Cullinan Changsha

Longfor Chunjiang Tianxi in Changsha is a 5,800-square-metre demonstration-zone landscape by Blue International for Changsha Qishun Real Estate, Longfor Changsha, at the corner of Fuyuan West Road and Jiayuan Road in Kaifu District, completed on 28 September 2020. The project is staged as a dialogue between two faces of Changsha: the forest-lake stillness and the city's famously long, warm nights, where at 1 a.m. streets still hum with families playing ball, lit-up shops and young people gathered around roadside stalls. The corner intervention is framed as a search for light, dappled tree shadow, neon brilliance, dense woods, bustling plazas, dawn or moonlight, so that after the city's noise fades, a single beam guides the resident home. The hotel-grade entrance is flanked by mature trees, separating the city's clamour from a quiet refuge that takes in all the prosperity outside. Behind a single wall lies tranquility; through it, the sound of shallow water slows the pace of life. A time-worn library, modelled on Yuelu Academy on Yuelu Mountain and kept at a constant 26 degrees, allows residents to slow down through heat and cold. The centrepiece is a sculpture titled Mirror of the Sky, conceived as two versions of the same idea, one solid, one void. Folded, faceted planes reflect the surrounding landscape, ginkgo groves and commercial lights; recombined from modern installation materials and clad in mirror, the work reinterprets spatial grace, and its centrifugal form stands in deliberate contrast to the planted landscape. Reflections of passing pedestrians animate the surface, prompting visitors to meditate on reality and illusion. The construction by Hunan Tiaoma Landscape and sculpture by Hangzhou Wupai Culture Art turn the small corner plot into both a park retreat and a window on the city's vitality.