Jinguan Bandao

The New Hope Jinguan Peninsula occupies the eastern riverside ecological zone of Desheng New City in Shunde, Foshan, with a 21-kilometre Guipan Sea river frontage to the north and an internal artificial river to the east, so that the project sits between two waterways in the spirit of the classical winding-cup drinking parties. The design brief was to carry forward the Ming-dynasty Lingnan vernacular of the region, drawing on the Qinghui Garden, the foremost of the four great Lingnan gardens, and translating motifs such as double-eaved roofs, dougong brackets, iridescent coloured glass, and rockwork cascades into a contemporary freehand vocabulary. Materials likewise reference Shunde's classical garden palette, so that the space carries unmistakable Lingnan signs. The showroom is organized as a three-entry sequence that builds three levels of ceremonial order. The first entry is a gatehouse stretching nearly 66 metres horizontally and rising eight metres, producing a strong visual and arrival impact; the central display window takes the form of a double-eaved bracket set, reading as an inverted mountain during the day, and at night transforming into a nebula as 4,500 starlight LEDs embedded in the brackets switch on. The second entry is a central courtyard in the four-water-returning-to-hall arrangement, with glass-block walls carrying continuous light and shadow, and Chinese tallow trees swaying within; feature walls on both sides borrow Qinghui Garden's distinctive iridescent coloured glass, displayed like museum showcases so that modern texture meets classical detail. The third entry, the rear water court, absorbs Qinghui's layered pool-and-cascade language, with tiered falling water so that visitors stand inside the painting and the painting stands inside the visitor, achieving the garden ideal of unity between heaven, human, and earth. Throughout, the landscape pursues the principle of one line of Guipan Lake, one feeling of Lingnan, producing a lakeside residence that positions itself as a benchmark for ideal living.