Issue link: http://papercitymagazine.uberflip.com/i/1546676
HOUSTON PAPERCITY DESIGN AWARDS COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN PROJECT BoAi Lake, Shishan Town, Foshan, China FIRM SWA Group LEAD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Kevin Shanley, Jiyoung Nam, Matt Baumgarten ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION Shenzhen BLY Landscape Architecture Planning & Design Institute; Foshan Nanhai BoAi Investment and Development Co. JUDGES' REMARKS "A beautiful project. Solving an ecological problem while breathing life into an area of the community. Really great." — Daniel Kahan "This landscape seems designed to let the visitor explore © SWA GROUP - CHILL SHINE the contrasts between urban and wild, geometric and natural, intimate and grand. A perfect expression of that engagement is seen at the pavilions with canopies above; the last step is just partly submerged in the water, reminding the visitor to pause and reflect." — Brett Moyer "Climate adaptation disguised as leisure and a public amenity. The circulation system appears to accommodate passive strolling, biking, ecological observation, flood fluctuations, and daily civic use simultaneously. There is an interesting tension between the biomorphic landscape and the expressive architectural inserts." — Geoff Valentino 92