Thousand Lantern Park System

Format
Brief

City
Foshan

State/Province
Guangdong

Country
China

Metro Area
Guangzhou

Location Type
Other Central City

Land Uses
Civic Uses
Garden
Hotel
Museum
Open space
Parking
Retail

Keywords
Forest
Gathering space
Lake
ULI Urban Open Space Award 2015 Winner
Urban Corridor
Waterways

Site Size
286 acres
acres hectares

Date Opened
2002

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Located in the newly established district of Nanhai, the 286-acre (116 ha) Thousand Lantern Lake Park System provides a continuous urban corridor for the surrounding neighborhood. It consists of a commercial precinct, hotels, public parks, civic buildings, streetscapes, and a museum arranged around a series of lakes and waterways. The latter act as the connecting elements within the larger site and provide transportation networks that run through the entire park. The entire green, mixed-use corridor brings energy and liveliness to the city.

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Format
Brief

City
Foshan

State/Province
Guangdong

Country
China

Metro Area
Guangzhou

Location Type
Other Central City

Land Uses
Civic Uses
Garden
Hotel
Museum
Open space
Parking
Retail

Keywords
Forest
Gathering space
Lake
ULI Urban Open Space Award 2015 Winner
Urban Corridor
Waterways

Site Size
286 acres
acres hectares

Date Opened
2002

Project Owner
Nanhai District Government

Project Designer
SWA Group et al.

Principal Author(s)
Kathleen Carey, Daniel Lobo, Kathryn Craig, Steven Gu, Kelsey Padgham, James Mulligan, David James Rose, Betsy Van Buskirk, Anne Morgan, Craig Chapman

Source
Transformative Urban Open Space
http://uli.org/awards/transformative-urban-open-space/