London Design Gold

2025

GLORY OF GALAXY SUZHOU

Entrant Company

TOPSCAPE

Category

Landscape Design - Residential Landscape

Client's Name

Suzhou-Shanghai Longfor Landscape Center

Country / Region

China

GLORY OF GALAXY’s landscape design pioneers a “New Suzhou Aesthetic 2.0,” crafting a legendary courtyard of elegant luxury for those who value Suzhou’s heritage and modern comfort. It explores the philosophy of the Eastern garden stroll, reinterpreting classical craftsmanship through contemporary design to realize a space of “Eastern Artistic Conception, Contemporary Expression.”

The design fuses visual aesthetics with spatial creation through a progressive experiential system: Journey (a garden-stroll homecoming), Vista (eight unfolding scenes), Wander (continuous, permeable spaces), and Dwell (slow-paced living moments). Inspired by the Humble Administrator’s Garden, it uses intricate details to highlight ethereal space, discovering stillness through movement and mastering the interplay of opening and closing.

Centered on “strolling within a painting,” the plan integrates mist, mountains, water, stone, flora, and architecture along the homecoming route. Ode to the Clouded Peak-A glazed courtyard evokes lofty mountains and flowing streams, framed by seasonal color; Cloud and Moon Painted Screen-Three ceremonial gates establish a hotel-style arrival sequence; Indigo Clouds at Dawn Window-Recreates an Eastern luxury hotel’s forested atmosphere and classic garden vistas. Wandering Through Emerald Shadows-An 88-meter wooded “Cloud River” axis invites leisurely exploration; Ode to the Wind Stone Courtyard-A Zen-inspired “Cloud River” setting for slow, multifunctional living; Crabapple Blossom Ravine-Draws from the Humble Administrator’s Garden’s classic courtyard conception; Valley Dwelling Playground-A sheltered, forested play space for children; Spring Stone Melody-Evokes a mountain spring’s natural symphony. The overall composition is grand yet intricate, with layers of depth, narrow lanes, and sunken areas. Through poetic scene-setting, it harmonizes classical garden conception with contemporary living.

Credits

Yuan Lu
Hongying Feng
Xiaofeng Zhu
Jie Qian
Zhenhui Jia
Hongyan Zhao
Jing Zhang
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