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2. Design objectives
The major design challenge was how to preserve the natural habitats along
the river while creating the new urban uses of recreation and education.
The solution is the red ribbon.
3. Design solution
A red ribbon was designed against the background of green vegetation
and blue water. This ribbon stretches for 500 meters along the riverbank,
integrating a boardwalk, lighting, seating, environmental interpretation, and
environmental orientation. It is made of fiber steel, and lit from inside so that it
glows red at night. It stands 60 cm high, and its width varies from 30-150 cm.
Various plant specimens are grown in strategically placed holes in the ribbon.
Four pavilions in the shape of clouds are distributed along the ribbon, which
provide protection from the weather, meeting opportunities, and visual focal
points.
Four perennial flower gardens of white, yellow, purple and blue, act as
patchwork on the former open fields, and turn the deserted garbage dumps and
slum sites into attractions.
The bright red color of the ribbon lights up this densely vegetated site, links
the diverse natural vegetation types and the four added flower gardens, and
provides a structural instrument that reorganizes the former unkempt and
inaccessible site. The natural site has been dramatically urbanized and
modernized, two attributes that are highly sought after by the local residents
while keeping the ecological processes and natural services of the site intact.