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Developed by Hongyang Real Estate's southwest regional office for the Hongyang-Sunac Yi Qu Qing Jiang display area in Chongqing, the project is conceived as a 'Yangtze River ART Aesthetics Gallery' that fuses natural mountain-water symbols with a modern, restrained aesthetic. The site adjoins the Babin Riverside Park, allowing the city's public open space to flow into the development, while the natural drop from the riverbank and surrounding terrain offers opportunities for layered, varied space. The design distils abstract water-ripple and light-wave motifs into a geometric 'brilliant aesthetics gallery', reading the landscape as a statement on quality, fashion and future life. Five themed scenes unfold along the visit route. The Starlight Entrance plays with solid and void, light and shadow, while scattered points of light guide visitors as if along a galaxy. The Brilliant Showcase acts as a series of framed views of the mountain city. The winding path, undulating terrain and changing plantings invite visitors to smell flowers and listen to water; the Secret Stream detour lets them set aside urban noise and retreat into a rural calm. An architectural water curtain responds to the landscape water system, falling like a waterfall and rising in mist. A semi-interior landscape atrium unifies star-like facade lighting with the surrounding feature walls, while a rooftop terrace takes in the first-line river view and an open-air infinity pool spills toward a skylight, linking inside and outside in rippling, animated light. Details include interior portal finishes, cascading water, in-water seating, pool-bottom treatments, boundary conditions and terrain modelling, all assembled into a riverside art promenade.
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