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Yan Shanhe by Yuzhou Properties' Chengdu company, landscaped by DAOYUAN Design with Qingdao Jiedi Architecture, occupies the golden eastern triangle of Chengdu's Jinjiang District, adjacent to the Sansheng Township ecological tourism belt and surrounded by mature schools, amenities and transport. The site challenges are poor surroundings that did not match the project's positioning, a weak entry identity, and a disordered urban frontage; the design must tidy the site, strengthen the entry and unify the urban edge. After many iterations, the final scheme draws on Wei-Jin culture and reinterprets a Wei-Jin private garden in contemporary terms, producing a space where each step reveals a new scene. The Wei-Jin ideal, simple, cloud-calm and otherworldly, speaks to today's urban elites who seek quiet within the prosperous city and an elegant, cultured life; the design combines the Chengdu character with Wei-Jin poise, embedding Chinese tradition while keeping its essence. The team dialogues with New Tales of the World and Chinese gardens, distilling modern gardening technique and using high walls, quiet courts, large trees and shaded groves with precision. The gate is composed after Mondrian's red, blue and yellow, a refined-luxury minimal entry that emerges and recedes; behind the lobby, a sequence of framed openings and rising grades enclose layered space, and a hollowed wall frames the seasonal passage of light. At the central courtyard, a still mirror water reflects the surrounding beauty, recalling the Mid-Autumn moon and setting up a future water theater for poetry, wine and art gatherings; bamboo and rolling planting suggest distant mountains, answering a changing landscape wall. An outdoor terrace references the Double Ninth chrysanthemum festival, and under jacaranda shade the Moon-Reflecting Pavilion becomes a quiet center for tea, music and conversation. Water, light and the landscape wall were tuned on site until the ink-wash mountain painting landed, and the result is a reclusive aesthetic that opens a new chapter for urban life.
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