2026 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

自在峡谷·生长剧场The Growing Theater 2026 Spring-exclusive Scene

Entrant

China Resources Land Qianhai Co., Ltd.

Category

Landscape Design - Temporary / Event Landscape

Client's Name

Qianhai MixC

Country / Region

China

About The Entry

Free Canyon · Growth Theater – Shenzhen Qianhai MIXC Innovation Landscape Submission

Shenzhen Qianhai MIXC elevates commercial space into an urban "micro-vacation destination." "Free Canyon" originates from the project's physical architectural fabric of "Breeze Canyon" – through a terraced layout, skybridges, and sunken plazas, it creates visually deep canyon passages within the city core. Greenery and water features are introduced to guide natural cross-ventilation, responding to the Lingnan climate. Launched in spring 2026, "Growth Theater" is a groundbreaking seasonal public landscape experiment.

Taking "fairy-tale forest" as its narrative motif, Growth Theater creates a walkable elf valley in the heart of the city. Giant flowers and mushroom installations dot the edges of the pool, while four elf cottages form immersive nodes. By day, soft picture-book light and shadow; by night, lights transform it into a magical firefly forest. It is not a one-time pop-up décor but an embodiment of the project's quarterly spatial content iteration – from the romantic sea of flowers in "Floral Narrative" to the elf valley of "Growth Theater," Qianhai MIXC continuously renews its high-frequency, highly immersive scenes to respond to urban dwellers' deep desire for emotional value and aesthetic experience. Growth Theater aptly presents three key dimensions of landscape design value: Innovation – reinterpreting the urban canyon spatial experience through fairy-tale storytelling; Sustainability – the building's natural wind-guiding logic combined with a seasonal renewal mechanism forms an ecological cycle; Humanistic Value – providing an emotional outlet for high-stress urban life, creating spiritual pleasure and breathing space. This canyon is proof of commercial space evolving from "place" to "destination" – it breaks the boundary between nature and the city, turning a shopping center into an immersive, walkable, restful, and sensory landscape, establishing a new paradigm for Shenzhen's commercial public spaces as they transform into urban public living rooms.

Credits

Manager
Xiaoqin Chen
Project Manager
Qianhui Zhao
Media
Xuan Li
Design
Chunmei Li
Event Institution
Amor Culture
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