Longhu Fuxian Lake Xingkong International Tourism resort community

Longfor Starry Sky International Resort Community at Fuxian Lake, with its Ying and String Garden phases, is an all-season, all-age cultural-tourism destination developed by Longfor on the shores of Fuxian Lake in Yunnan. Organized into four clusters named Star Lake, Star River, Star Dream and Starry Dome, the project draws on themes of astronomy, culture, easy living and wellness to frame lakeside repose. The site slopes steeply from northeast to southwest, with a maximum elevation change of roughly 39 meters, producing stepped terraces, scattered landscape rooms and a series of retaining walls of varying heights. Rather than chasing fleeting viral landmarks, the design team at WTD Landscape chose to treat the slope as the organizing condition of the project: weakening, avoiding and exploiting the grade zone by zone so that every space opens toward the lake. Retaining walls are softened through sightline avoidance, gentle planting, climbing vines and groundcovers. On the ribbon-like strips with the best lake views, meandering promenades are cut into the terrain and the lakeside sightline is opened completely; delicate viewing pavilions, their canopies inspired by layered orbital rings, host both observation and social gathering, furnished with casual seats and hanging nets. Where the lake is not directly visible, elevation becomes the chief scenic device: point-like water features cascade down stepped terraces, and curved grandstand terraces offer places to watch stars, clouds and falling water. Warm-lit yet restrained, the planting palette leans toward gray-toned, low-saturation species, chiefly Yunnan pine, bamboo and gray-blue flower borders, while dark red timber decks and washed-stone paving replace the harder paving of urban streets. Local Yunnan bluestone, laid in its raw, irregular forms, is worked into both paving and wall details to preserve an unmanicured, primal atmosphere. The result is a quiet, restrained lakeside resort where wind moves through the pines, light shimmers on the water, and architecture, planting and ground are held in a deliberately rugged yet delicate balance.