Huizhou Lotus Tree Park

In the dense, fast-paced city, a small pocket park on the street corner can make the urban fabric feel warmer. Heshu Park sits in the Wuyi area of Huizhou's Zhongkai High-tech Development Zone in Guangdong, surrounded by schools, housing, commerce and medical services; residential density and foot traffic are high, but outdoor natural space is scarce. Positioned as a child-friendly community pocket park, the 9,000-square-meter project by Shenzhen Youmu Ecological Technology, completed in 2022, creates a shaded dreamland between blocks and towers. The welcoming gate plaza uses fluid paving that matches the landscape style, guiding visitors and dividing space while star-like lights suggest passing through a gate of time; layered planting is ordered by density to keep the space open and airy. Along the green path, trees frame a patch of light, and the interplay of sightline and movement reveals a broad, open lawn whose small paths are enclosed by multi-layered planting, shifting from dense to open. Here, one can sit with tea, watch birds in the treetops and breathe clean air. At night, light falls through a grille corridor, colorful and rhythmic, so that even after stopping on the quiet road, one looks back to find bright flowers still glowing. Shaded by dense trees, the exploration playground is a bright field where children run and jump while parents play alongside them, restoring color to remembered childhood. Eco-friendly, playful paving removes the dullness of a hard surface and strengthens participatory, interactive play. The project argues that carefully precise, small-scale redesign of community public space can bring large change to the urban environment.