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Feicui Tianlu occupies the core of Chongqing Tiandi, adjacent to Xintiandi commercial street and the Enterprise Tianzi cluster, commanding 400 mu of waterside land at the geometric center of the mountain city. The entrance is dignified yet warm, with water features and a covered bridge establishing a ritual homecoming and a seating/tea area for humane waiting. A gently undulating pedestrian street imports movement from the city into a private district, leading through symmetrical waters and selected crape-myrtle trees flanked by bamboo-screened walls to a courtyard whose views gradually rise. The central garden is inspired by abstract boats and islands: a stream tightly interlocked with planters, a sunlit lawn and winding paths that reorganize green natural order. The water is cut into winding, linear segments forming a mountain-river-boat-island composition. Leisure pergolas break the conventional expression of residential landscape, stripped of ornament; their light form, like two flat boats floating in the courtyard, uses white modern geometry to signal urban purity. A 687-square-meter children's playground exploits the site's elevation change, sliced by origami into sloped play zones for ages 0-3 (sand pit), 3-6 and 6-12 (interactive and climbing), plus parent rest areas. A looping vitality track winds through the site, a 4.6-minute lap, connecting fitness nodes with night lighting and distance markers. Planting uses specimen trees for primary scenes, evergreens and deciduous giants for seasonal change, and selected flowering trees for color: banyan from Jinyun Mountain, ancient pomegranate from the northwest desert, crape myrtle from the Yunnan-Guizhou highlands, osmanthus and Japanese late cherry. The 38,000-square-meter landscape explores a new urban-residential experience, sketching a poetic modern dwelling from mountain-city culture and riverside nature.
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