Jiaxing Nanhu Park

2021 is the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China. Jiaxing is a meaningful place as the birthplace of the party and the red boat spirit. In order to meet the Communist Party of China centenary and improve the international quality of Jiaxing City, the design focuses on improving the city’s level and appearance, enhancing the people's well-being and live quality and expanding the red cultural influence in the area of red holy land, infrastructure, public service and ecological environment. 2. Objectives and challenges: As the "red heart" and "green heart" of Jiaxing, Nanhu scenic spot is facing two challenges: “Green heart" is not green enough--the ecological environment needs to be improved. Currently, the Nanhu area water is polluted without water recycle and waterfront space. The site’s plants are mess up which need to be trimmed. The traffic is inconvenient - the existing Hukun railway and Nanxi West Road have segmented the Nanhu area, and the site lacks a continuous pedestrian system. "Red heart" is not red enough - the landscape of the site looks out of harmony. There is no landscape planning of revolution sacred place and the most architectures haven’t followed the theme of the South Lake Scenic Area. Tourism theme is not prominent: the existing tourist attractions are scattered, the red theme is not prominent, and the tourist route system is incomplete. 3. Design strategy: The design concept is "spring view in Jiangnan", which combines "red boat soul" with "Jiangnan rhyme" as the main line of connecting the whole scheme.. First, reducing the concrete barrier and bring the Canal culture back: through the minimum intervention, the existing concrete embankment is ecologically reconstructed to form a continuous pedestrian line and a various ecological shoreline. Second, reshaping the Jiangnan rhyme with reed：through the cut and fill design method, the unique wetland of aquatic plants is formed, which creates a unique waterfront style of Jiangnan. Third, designing a diverse and handicapped system to reflect the affinity for water and people: build a continuous and convenient pedestrian system to connect the scenic spots, and create a highly accessible tourist route for the citizens and tourists. Fourth, building an open and humanized scenic spot to highlight the red tourism area internationalization: we create a modern international city image and satisfy the citizens and tourists’ requirements through the layout of modern commercial service facilities, bridges, pavilions, platforms, landscape elements and other facilities, we create a modern international city image and satisfy the citizens and tourists’ requirements. Fifth, through the establishment of the "original heart" cultural tourism axis and the Nanhu Lake lively belt, we will develop red tourism and reproduce the soul of the red boat. A distinctive red tourist route is created by connecting the key scenic spots with indoor, outdoor, VR equipment and other interpretation systems. 4. Conclusion: Through the above design strategies, Nanhu has significantly improved the image and status, which becomes the central vitality area and ecological demonstration area of Jiaxing, as well asstrengthens the Nanhu red tourism destination.