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Commercial landscape space is no longer merely about creating a shopping atmosphere; it is becoming an urban park that fosters participation, interaction, and enhanced well-being. The site is located in the heart of Taihu New Town CBD in Wujiang District, Suzhou, near a main road and linked to metro exits. This project is China Resources' first shopping center in Suzhou and its fortieth nationwide. The design intent is to create interlocking thematic landscape spaces that integrate symbolism, theming, display, playfulness, and connectivity. At the project's outset, a large above-ground multi-functional parking area was reserved. Through deeper reflection on the surrounding environment and needs, the design sought toendow the site with more public-space attributes, building relationships with people and using more humanized design to draw in more visitors, creating a highly participatory and experiential thematic urban commercial park. The challenges: how to activate the entire street, build connections with the surroundings, and gather crowds? How to create highlights among numerous commercial landscape designs? Starting from the building's lines, the design extracts the concept of converging phenomena and uses islands as inspiration, with ocean blue as the tonal base, employing modern, simple, and fluid lines to open up the space and create an unexpected, vibrant, and playful children's urban park. The children's theme park becomes the focal point, where blue tones evoke the sea and sky and create a relaxed, immersive environment for families.
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