Small Park on Yongjian Road, Jinqiao Town, Pudong, Shanghai

This is a small vacant lot and an old waste disposal station located at the southern end of Yongjian Road in Pudong New District of Shanghai, near the door of Jinqiao Community Health Service Center. The Jinqiao town government plans to turn it into a small park for residents to walk in. At the same time, the old waste disposal station will be upgraded. The small park is about 58 meters long and nearly 15 meters wide, roughly like a narrow rectangle. The site of the waste disposal station is irregular, with a yard for vehicles to move in and out. As the covered area cannot be increased, the waste treatment room can only be rebuilt on the basis of the original building. Since the reform and opening up, Jinqiao Town, Pudong New District, has quickly entered the tide of Shanghai's modern urban construction. In the process of earthbreaking construction, the local traditional architectural landscape context has almost disappeared. Even online, it is difficult to find photos of the past architectural landscape. Therefore, we can only reluctantly infer and believe that Jinqiao town originally had the traditional jiangnan architectural landscape culture inherited from Shanghai and even the Yangtze River Delta. Taking this as the intention, we will re-continue the traditional environment and context of Jinqiao Town in Pudong with modern techniques. What’s more, we integrate the interest of traditional Jiangnan gardens with modern international styles so as to provide a pocket park with small but rich cultural connotations for the public. At the same time, we will also provide an advanced garbage compression station with fully closed treatment for this street. ▽ bird's-eye view..... There are many famous traditional gardens in Shanghai, such as Yuyuan Garden, Autumn Xiapu Garden and Zuibaichi Garden. It is also the first city in China to have a modern "park". So in the design of this small Park, we tried to find a combination between the modern concept of "Park" and the traditional concept of "garden" and we called the combination “Park with gardens” in order to reflect the important characteristics of Shanghai as an important modern international city and the important town of Traditional Chinese Jiangnan culture. Give the public a space with a modern park feeling and a traditional Jiangnan garden feeling…… “The beauty is between likeness and dislikeness. ”Qi Baishi says. The starting point of the design of this project is not to use conventional archaize, but to create a "new Jiangnan" temperament with contemporary techniques. We used the bare concrete to build view walls that separate the space for people to walk, which is the basic function. And a steel structure pavilion for people to rest is the theme structure. We have kept a few of the original balsam fir trees, combined with stylised pine trees, cherry trees, red maples and various shrubs and plants to create a modern and stylish garden and relaxation space. We also hope to evoke some memories of the past environment of Jinqiao. The moonhole walls at the entrance and in the middle of the small park are decorated with two groups of words in calligraphy by Su Shi, the famous literary scholar and calligrapher of the Song dynasty, namely 'Memorize Jiangnan' and ' Moonlit Night', which are also a reminder of the overall design idea. Half of the small park is the activity space with hard covering, which contains pavilions, benches and other facilities. The other half is a small garden where you can enjoy all kinds of flowers and trees. The whole moving line is in "8" shape, smooth and interesting. Even, the high-rise area and green belt on the other side of the river echo the scene. In order to use the river view and the urban high-rise area across the road as distant borrowings, in the overall layout, the structures, coverings and strip shrubs are angled 21 degrees to the most attractive direction, instead of being perpendicular to each other, so as to draw more attention to the distant borrowings. The flowers and plants in the daytime, the city, the river breeze and moonlight at night build up a good places for the surrounding residents to have a rest and have a meal. Pitifully, the planting and maintenance of the plants are not satisfactory. ▽The side of the river looking towards the small park How wonderful Jiangnan is! Can't help but memorize Jiangnan! ▽ The end view at the end of the road ▽ The sunset along the river bank ▽ Flowers and plants in the garden Walkway around the garden，Pitifully, the planting and maintenance of the plants are not satisfactory. ▽ The end view at the end of the road ▽ The interior of the pavilion ▽ The watching flower garden of the interior of the pavilion ▽ The detail of the Moonhole gate ▽ The detail of moonhole gate ▽ ，The Moonhole gate with a view of present and future Jiangnan ▽ Flowers and plants in the garden ▽ The detail of the steel leaky window