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Jianghai Yunzhu on Qidu Island in Wenzhou's Lucheng District is developed by Wenzhou Jinze Real Estate. Qidu Island, a pearl in the Ou River, has formed its present island-in-island, lake-in-lake, dense water-network landscape over centuries. The project sits at the corner of Gaopin Street and Qicai Road, using future property-management buildings and part of the municipal green as the first-phase demonstration center. The site is a long, narrow strip of municipal green with a 0.9-meter north-south grade change; because the building is set back from the main road, a raised second-floor frame improves visibility. The corner becomes an entrance plaza, the turn leads into an enclosed inner courtyard, and a water court elevates the quality while the raised water supports the building's external presence. Three progressive landscape spaces metaphorically enact the three realms of the immortal isle: rising immortal island, jade forest greenery, and moon-gazing terrace. The entrance opens as a plaza in response to Qidu's future international tech-island positioning, with black-and-white contrasting paving, a sculptural spirit totem rising from water, and minimalist white backgrounds with gradient triangles. The inner courtyard is enclosed by alternating solid and glass feature walls; diagonal spliced carved glass lets interior and exterior views penetrate, like screens that blur boundaries, with water-ripple textures echoing island life. Walking through tallow trees beside cascading water, shadows and light interweave. The water court holds a broad, still surface reflecting the building; a raised water platform blocks the exterior at the wall opening while allowing views through, so river breeze and mountain moon fall into this court. Two selected hackberries sway above. The 2,800-square-meter landscape, completed in January 2022, lets landscape permeate with surrounding island scenery rather than closing inward.
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