Grand View Bay

Jiaying Bay is a residential landscape project on a site of 6,732 square meters in Lijia, Chongqing, completed in October 2020 for Chongqing Hanzhi China Merchants Real Estate. The design by Maiwei Landscape treats time as a thread and the soft moments of daily life as starlight strung along it, organizing the experience into four narrative chapters. The entry sequence evokes the passing of time and the permanence of memory, using sunlight and water as instruments that leave traces even when human presence fades. The waterside chapter follows a line of trees along the shore, where children play and run across a bridge, their laughter carried away by the flowing stream; the water and trees will remember how it all began long after the children grow up. The forest ravine chapter leads visitors upstream along a winding path, where the wind carries whispers and the pace slows, inviting elderly residents to stroll hand in hand listening to the stream and watching clouds drift by. The final return-alley chapter uses walls as a stage for sunlight, recording the passage of time through shifting light and shadow. Dappled tree light filters through the branches and rests on fingertips, while a cup of tea and a half-read book in the courtyard capture the ease of an afternoon. Falling leaves create ripples on the water, preserving the moment in memory. The project is conceived as a genuine residential landscape rather than a distant artwork, a space that carries the traces of everyday life and accumulates emotional memory over time. Architecture was by Shanghai Chengzhi Architectural Design, construction by Jinlong Meihu Landscape Engineering, and photography by Prism Architectural Landscape.