The Fifth Garden

Format
Brief

City
Shenzhen

State/Province
Guangdong

Country
China

Metro Area
Shenzhen

Project Type
Planned Community or Resort

Location Type
Other Central City

Land Uses
Open space
Restaurant
Retail
Single-Family For-Sale Housing

Keywords
High-end housing
Traditional Chinese design elements
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Finalist

Site Size
27.7 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2003

Date Opened
2005

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Located in the rapidly growing southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong, the Fifth Garden represents a radical departure from the norm of recent urban residential development in China. Rather than fitting as many units as possible in a Western-style high-rise building or townhouse complex, Vanke Real Estate Company—mainland China’s largest real estate developer—opted to celebrate Chinese tradition and design in its Fifth Garden project, a 11.2-hectare (27.7-ac) planned community containing 1,000 high-end for-sale residential units, a small commercial core, generous amounts of public open space, and parking for 750 cars.

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Developer/Owner
Vanke Real Estate Company
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Master Planner/Landscape Architect
EDAW
San Francisco, CA

Architect
Peddle Thorp Architects
Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Local Architects
Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
Beijing, China

Bo’an Architectural Design Consultancy Group
Beijing, China

Website
www.village.vanke.com

Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig

ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Finalist