The Nansong Lake High-tech Ecological Park Master Planning in Kunshan reflects a typical urban model of a city facing rapid expansion due to a burgeoning manufacture industry. The city faces challenges including the shrinking and fragmentation of green spaces and ecosystems; water and air pollution; and the physical and mental issues which arise due to a lack of green spaces.
The Park provides the only large lake amidst brownfields, and serves as a space for corporate display and business whilst also meeting the growing demands for recreational spaces and the restoration of ecosystems.
This integration of landscape design and modern renewable energy technology, together with the construction of artificial floating wetlands that address environmental challenges, have transformed an abandoned corner of the city into a green promoter of future sustainable development.
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