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Poly Tianjun at Sanlongwan in Foshan is a high-end residential landscape project developed by Poly South China, with landscape architecture by A&O Guangzhou Group Two and interior design by Beijing Zixiangge. The site sits in Chancheng District, beside the Dongping River and within the Sanlongwan area, a future growth pole at the Guangzhou-Foshan boundary. It enjoys a privileged first-line landscape: water to the south and city views to the north, with mature existing trees on the north edge and a finished podium raised about four metres above the surrounding ground. The design brief targets residents who value spiritual refinement, art and nature, local cultural identity and social gathering. Around five dimensions - urban interface, three-dimensional garden, forest-water pool, ground-floor clubhouse and art-in-nature - the team built a landscape that reads as warm as jade and fully panoramic in its natural setting. Drawing on the classical Suzhou gardens of Lion Grove and Master-of-Nets Garden, the scheme arranges a "south mountain, north courtyard, east hall, west garden" pattern linked by water, mountain, forest and corridor. Square, circular and curved geometries carry jade-like tones and textures. The sequence deliberately alternates compression and release: the entry gate is open, the rise to the second floor tightens space, the elevator opens onto a sudden panorama, then the path narrows again before the bonsai garden releases once more, producing the classical "small-seen-large" effect. Borrowed scenery is deployed inward and outward: the central swimming pool anchors views, while the four-metre elevation looks out over park, river, native woodland and street beyond. A bonsai garden of natural stones interplanted with sparse Chinese tallow trees softens the pool wall, and a bronze sculpture of a white horse beneath falling springs reinforces the hermit-like mood. The landscape covers 3,400 square metres and aims to deliver concealed luxury - expressed not through ostentation but through cultured, artful detail that fuses humanist atmosphere with natural beauty.