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21/02/2025

Jinsheng Square in Yongqing Fang in Guangzhou’s Old Town, once a hub for renowned Cantonese opera artists, emphasizes cultural exchange, showing Western influence on Lingnan architecture. The project reflects how Guangzhou’s commercial success introduced cobblestones, and it considers local spatial order and axial relationships. Through landscape and urban details, it narrates stories of cultural exchange and vernacular traditions. The square is envisioned as a charming garden space for the community’s daily enjoyment.

18/02/2025

Upon our first encounter with Aranya, we were immediately captivated by the natural environment. It’s incredibly beautiful; the mountains, the lake, grass and trees are full of vitality. Because of this, we aimed to minimize any abrupt changes in the landscape. Thus, we did a lot to restore the natural scenery. The site is rich with native trees, and we carefully marked each one. To ensure harmonious coexistence between native and non-native plants, we made countless adjustments. We retained a large number of stones excavated during construction, using them to build drainage ditches and revetments on-site, while larger stones were used to create rock gardens. Out of respect for the original landscape, our goal was to blend everything we did with nature seamlessly. To achieve a look that feels untouched, we captured the changing colors of the seasons, injecting vibrant life and soul into the living spaces, restoring Aranya to a lush green expanse.

Only 20% of the world’s population can see the Milky Way. Due to the excessive artificial lighting caused by urbanization and industrialization, light pollution increases at a rate of 2% per year. Pollutants in the air, such as smoke and dust, amplify the effects of light pollution by scattering light in different directions, making the night sky brighter. We need better solutions and improved lighting design to allow us to gaze at the stars once more. These stars, born from the morning mist and scattered across the universe, connect us to the cosmos. Therefore, we meticulously designed the overall lighting system of the project, enabling more people to see the starry sky and the moon.

Our design is not meant to harm. The unavoidable construction is like major surgery on the land. What we do is to minimize the wound, ensuring that the design harmonizes with the environment rather than disrupting it.

18/08/2022

Tangshan Hantian, Nanjing, China

The project makes full use of the original terrain and natural resources to create a unique space. The site leans on the Tangshan Mountain in the north, therefore, the larger building volume is arranged on the southeast side of the terrain, while the smaller building volume is on the northwest side.

The landscape planning is coherent, balanced and integrated. The design respects the original layout of the site, and the landscape on the axis connects various activity spaces. The semi-open space and pedestrian roads are grouped with completed and private courtyards and suites. The flexible enclosed building volume forms a rich street interface, which enhances the sense of vacation belonging.

10/08/2022

has revealed the architecture longlist for , which features over 300 of the world's best recently completed buildings. The Bailuwan Cherry Blossom Town has been longlisted in the landscape project category.

STAY TUNED! A further round of judging by our master jury will determine the category winners, which will be announced in November. The 12 winners of the architecture project awards will lock horns to be crowned overall architecture project of the year.

09/08/2022

Last month, the 2022 DNA Paris Design Awards announced the winners. 6 projects of S.P.I have won the landscape design award.

The DNA Paris Design Awards celebrate the richness of the design profession and honor the fresh and visionary talent. Dedicated to excellence and inclusivity, the DNA Paris Design Awards 2020 saw professionals from over 70 countries participating in the competition designed to promote their work. Organized by the Farmani Group and Paris-based collective ‘In Between’, the awards gathered the best of architecture, product, interior, landscape and graphic designs on a single global platform.

It is a great honor for S.P.I to receive this award. We will continue creating high-quality landscape products.

06/07/2022

Reception Center of Haikou International Duty-Free City, , China

The open earth art grass slope highlights the facade of the building while weakening the rigid architectural boundary. As soon as the moving line comes, we can see the collision of art, architecture, and structuralism aesthetic landscape, and perceive the beauty of art.

The landscape water is used to extend the space to form the net red card point. The mirror water features reflect the main body of the building. The use of landscape walls and sculpture enriches the space level.

27/06/2022

Tangshan Hantian, Nanjing, China

The project makes full use of the original terrain and natural resources to create a unique space. The site leans on the Tangshan Mountain in the north, therefore, the larger building volume is arranged on the southeast side of the terrain, while the smaller building volume is on the northwest side.

The landscape planning is coherent, balanced and integrated. The design respects the original layout of the site, and the landscape on the axis connects various activity spaces. The semi-open space and pedestrian roads are grouped with completed and private courtyards and suites. The flexible enclosed building volume forms a rich street interface, which enhances the sense of vacation belonging.

13/06/2022

Garden Mansion, Wuhan – A Gathering Place for A Tree

Wuhan City, located on the vast Jianghan Plain that was formed through alluviation of the Yangtze River and the Han River, tells us the story of its time. When you enter the mansion, you will be impressed by the ancient tree platform, reed lights scattered around. An ancient acacia tree with a history of 300 years stands in the center, records the memory of the site. As time goes by, it still stands in this fertile land, witnesses the future of the site.

Circular route changes with water surface and route dimension. The changes of relations between route and tree are integrated into the design. Free and fluent lines lead people to a place as if in a dream at any time. Combined with light changes, art sculpture, it carries the weight of memory like a time tunnel, create a space composed of distant
memory. Let’s quietly sit under the ancient tree, listen to the story of history, read books and drink tea, enjoy the leisure time.

31/05/2022

Bailuwan Cherry Blossom Town, ,

The project turns the topic of into an experience for all the sense. The visitor wanders through a winding, seemingly archaic route, which is reminiscent of a valley, while attention is drawn to the cherry trees. The way in which the high walls made of local natural rock appear to seamlessly merge into the cherry trees above, which are in full bloom, abolishing the boundary between horizontal and vertical structures, creates a wonderful feeling of lightness and reinforces the impression of finding yourself in an immaterial place. A perfectly composed landscape, which focuses on what is essential and whose poetic power and charm are difficult to resist.

18/05/2022

Last week, the winners of the A’Design Awards 2022 have been decided. Agile View World has been announced as the winner of platinum award.

The project covers an area of 16,860.7 square meters. The site is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on all sides. With its back against Gaoligong Mountain, it features broad vision and abundant landscape resources.The base is located at the foot of Gaoligong Mountain, and its unique landform attributes bring stunning scenery of the surrounding environment. The design uses local materials, plants and techniques to build a pure and simple lifestyle, and emphasize the deep respect for the mountains and plains where the site is located with quiet and restrained language, and with minimal disturbance.

Congratulations to all the design teams. We are looking forward to making better designs in the future.

11/05/2022

The winners of the 2022 have been decided. It is a great honor for S.P.I to receive this award. Congratulations to all the design teams. We will continue create high-quality landscape products in the future.

Congrats to Hu Sun - S.P.I, the creator behind the Design of the Day of 9 May 2022 - Agile View World Residential Exhibition Area. Check out this great work now. We are currently featuring it at http://wwww.designoftheday.org/?130654

05/05/2022

CRCC Woshan Longfu, Guiyang, China

The project is located in a place surrounded by mountains and water, where the Bouyei people (an ethnic minority of China) live. Human settlement and nature seem to form a harmonious community. This kind of localization arouse from the initial design inspiration. The design intended to find a balance between the residents’ living needs and the natural imprint. Start from the community, awaken the memory of the site, and integrate such natural conditions appropriately.