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Zhongjun Rudong World City sits in the new urban district of Rudong, Nantong, Jiangsu, a county striving to become a medium-sized city matched to the Yangkou deep-water port on the Yellow Sea. In an appreciating location, the site is a preferred future commercial-office address, with convenient transport, gathered footfall and a strong commercial and social atmosphere; mixed use ties housing and commerce closely together, so that in three to five minutes residents can walk children, exercise, shop, or meet friends for coffee. The commercial street joins the demonstration district and takes water as its source, using boats as the cultural carrier, extracting Oriental elements that fit the program. The landscape combines a central water street, main commercial plaza, children's sports play area, lively waterfront commercial belt, market stalls and cultural art exhibitions into an artistic, interactive commercial space. The residential district fuses with the demonstration area and interprets traditional Jiangnan elements in a modern way, drawing scenes from the hometown moon, the cultural river, the remembered bridge, the artistic boat, the drizzling rain, the misted umbrella, the noisy lane. Conceptually placed scenes include winding water-cup drinking, a flat boat carrying the moon, misty rain lanes, a moon-gazing pavilion, paper umbrellas and blue-clad figures, a summer dream in the lotus pond, and almond flowers in misty rain. The project exploits Rudong's waterfront position to interpret a modern water-town dwelling, creating a scene in which traditional and modern Jiangnan collide, and offering the city both commercial landscape and leisurely water-town life.