Golden A' Design Award Winner 2022
U.P.Space Landscape Design's Guomaofu Residential Demonstration presents a masterfully orchestrated synthesis of naturalistic garden design and contemporary architectural sensibility, where the eye first encounters the serpentine curve of grey brick pavement that flows through the composition like a meditative pathway, its gentle arc establishing a dominant directional vector from the lower right quadrant sweeping leftward and receding into the verdant middle ground. The chromatic palette operates within a sophisticated analogous harmony of greens ranging from the deep forest viridian of mature pine needle clusters positioned prominently in the upper left corner to the lighter chartreuse and sap green of manicured groundcover shrubs that undulate in organic mounding forms across the terrain. A reflective water feature occupies the lower central portion, its still surface rendered in cool grey-blue tones that mirror the pale cerulean and pearl grey of the overcast sky above, creating a luminous vertical axis of atmospheric continuity between earthbound elements and celestial expanse. Weathered limestone boulders in warm cream and ochre tones punctuate the landscape as sculptural accents, their rough tactile surfaces providing textural counterpoint to the smooth water and soft vegetative masses. The architectural presence of a contemporary residence rises in the left background, its warm taupe and charcoal grey facades featuring clean geometric fenestration that establishes a dialogue between built form and organic landscape. The compositional structure employs a modified S-curve armature that guides the viewer's gaze from foreground pathway through the water garden, ascending across the planted berms to the architectural terminus. Spatial depth achieves remarkable articulation through overlapping planes of vegetation, atmospheric perspective evident in the softened edges of background deciduous trees, and the careful calibration of textural gradients from detailed foreground elements to increasingly generalized forms in the distance. The overall atmospheric resonance suggests tranquil contemplation, a sanctuary of cultivated nature where traditional garden philosophy harmonizes with contemporary residential living.
Guomaofu not only has a cultural origin of imperial garden, but also has a modern concept of landscape. The core idea is to create a poetic and picturesque space, which injects oriental style into the design and spreads the context of Chinese traditional aesthetics. The design combines the new oriental garden landscape of water, stone, forest, pine, book, tea and music to form a unique landscape garden system. Creating a tourist, feasible, hopeful and livable landscape, as if through a thousand years, reproducing the wind of leisurely and natural life.