River tide(鸣澜江上）

This project takes "Forest Isle upon Rippling Waves" as its core concept, aspiring to create an immersive, three-dimensional, therapeutic, and vacation-oriented art hotel-style urban sanctuary. Drawing inspiration from world-class resort hotels, the design proposes that "homecoming is the best journey," transforming the path of return into a vacation voyage across the world and infusing everyday life with the lush tranquility of a tropical rainforest.

The scheme unfolds through a narrative of "Seven Eulogies," weaving together a series of themed spaces—wooded streetscapes, ceremonial gateways, three-dimensional waterscape gardens, floating pools, children's discovery gardens, and ritual entryways—to form a complete emotional arc. The design prioritizes a gentle transition from urban clamor to spiritual repose, achieving a harmonious coexistence of nature and architecture, and a dialogue between Eastern poetic sensibility and Mediterranean charm. The planting strategy embraces a Neo-Mediterranean and modern naturalist aesthetic, creating landscapes that range from vibrant to serene, romantic to organic. Responding to the urban dweller's deep yearning for ritual in homecoming, the relaxation of a vacation escape, and the healing power of nature, the design ensures that every space becomes a perceptible, livable, and nourishing scene of everyday life, where the boundary between daily routine and holiday retreat dissolves.