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郑州高科技产业开发区位于市中心西北仅18公里处，正迅速赶上中国其他城市的同行，并计划在不久的将来开发多个项目。

Located just 18 kilometres northwest of the city centre, Zhengzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone is fast catching up with its counterparts in other Chinese cities with numerous developments planned for the near future.

 Master Plan

该地区的大开发项目之一是郑州万科市。这座城市占地100多公顷，占地16块土地，总建筑面积超过340万平方米，将在未来十年内为该市增添住宅、办公和零售项目。这个乡镇将率先带动该地区的经济增长，迅速将其目前贫瘠的土地转变为一个可持续发展的新城。

One of the mega developments in the area is Zhengzhou Vanke City. Spanning over 100 hectares and encompassing 16 plots of land, it has a total gross floor area of more than 3.4 million square metres of residential, office and retail programs to be added to the city in the coming decade. This township will be spearheading the area’s economic growth in rapidly transforming its current barren land into a self-sustainable new town.

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城市画廊旨在向未来的居民展示一个新的城市环境，并向曾经繁荣的中国中原地区介绍一种新的生活方式。作为整个区域分局的基准，景观环境的主要目标是在地势一般平坦的后工业背景下，为到达广场创造一个独特的特征。

The City Gallery is designed to showcase a new urban environ to its future residents and to introduce a new lifestyle to the once flourishing Central Plain of China. Set to become the benchmark for the entire regional precinct, the main objective for the landscape environment is to create a distinctive identity for the arrival plaza in a post-industrial context where topography is generally flat.

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前广场交织的小径封装了大量的人流。随着一系列高架地形，景观寻求回声的多面水晶建筑外观。这种构造的地形图开始使平地成为游客不断变化的景观体验。城市广场与干燥的喷泉和儿童游乐区结合在一起，正在成为一个受欢迎的聚会场所，在一个凌驾于大盘上的地方创造了自己的环境和身份。

The interweaving paths of the front plaza encapsulate the large flow of pedestrian traffic. Along with a series of elevated landforms, the landscape seeks to echo the multi-faceted crystalline architectural facade. This constructed topography starts to augment the flat site into an ever-changing landscape experience for visitors. Integrated with dry fountains and children’s play zones, the urban square is becoming a popular meeting place, creating its own context and identity in an area of overriding tabula rasa.

1，500平方米的反射池将前广场和后花园隔开。功能池不仅划分了公共空间和私有空间，而且还将它们整合为一个。微妙的水池喷泉为建筑和景观环境提供了生动的反映。该建筑将在未来转变为社区中心，将为包括儿童和老年人在内的居民提供公共设施。

A 1,500 square metre reflecting pool separates the front plaza and rear garden. The feature pool not only demarcates public and private spaces, but also integrates them into one. Subtle pool fountains provide vivid reflections to the architecture and landscape environment. Slated to transform into a Community Centre in the future, the building will fulfill public amenities for residents including the kids and elderly.

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与大型城市广场相比，展览单元区的目标是为休闲娱乐提供一个具有一系列较小规模空间的导电环境。这些花园包括一个禅宗花园，白云嘉大道，水庭院，枫树露台，沉船甲板和阳光池边。这些景观环境结合在一起，形成了一个与到达体验相结合的整体。

In contrast to the large-scale urban square, the show unit areas aim to provide a conductive environment for leisure and recreation with a series of smaller scaled spaces. These gardens include a Zen Garden, Albizzia Boulevard, Water Courtyard, Maple Terrace, Sunken Deck and Sunny Poolside. These landscape environments integrate to form a cohesive whole with the arrival experience.

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这个大规模的城市项目被证明是一个挑战的时间，因为整个设计的实施阶段是在短短六个月内完成的。为了克服这一限制，轨迹通过几个现场车间与业主、当地建筑师和承包商密切协调。满足客户和建筑师意图的设计方向、基于权威法规的法定调整、材料选择和种植调色板都在顾问团队的支持下在现场进行了讨论和解决。

This large-scale urban project proved to be a challenge time wise as the entire design to implementation stages was completed in merely six months. In order to overcome this constraint, LOCUS coordinated closely with the client, local architect and contractor through several on-site workshops. The design direction to meet both the client’s and architect’s intent, statutory adjustments based on authorities’ regulations, material selection and planting palette to match local availability were all discussed and solved on-site with support from the rest of the team of consultants.

该画廊自2013年11月推出以来，尽管改进工程仍在继续微调该产品。Locus还刚刚完成了位于画廊北面的公共公园的设计开发，该公园将于2014年夏季开放。我们期待着这一地区的景观成熟和整个新市镇的萌芽。

The Gallery has since launched in November 2013 even as improvement works continue to fine tune the product. LOCUS has also just completed design development of the public park to the north of the Gallery, which is set to open in Summer 2014. We look forward to the maturity of the landscape and the germination of an entire new town in the precinct.

Architects Locus Associates

Location Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Category Showroom

Design Team Brandon Huang, Jerome Lee, Kenny Fung, Ray Wan

Facade Architect Shenzhen Upright&Pure Architectural Design Co. Ltd

Local Architect Chongqing Xinzhongjian Architectural Design Consultants

Area 18000.0 sqm

Project Year 2013

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