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| | Haihe Beach Park
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| Designer | Brent Thompson
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| Location | Tanggu, China
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| Date | January 2002 to October 2002
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| Building Type | Plaza
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| Climate | Mild Temperate
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| Context | Waterfront
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| Architectural Style | Expressionist Modern
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The Haihe River is the most intriguing asset of the Chinese city of Tang gu. Yet until recently, it was also its greatest liability. Hidden behind seawalls, littered with abandoned chemical factories, and filled with their by-products, no one in Tang gu had any desire to go anywhere near the Haihe River, let alone live, work or play there.
The visionary client, Tang gu’s mayor, charged the designers with creating a one kilometer long riverfront park that would change perceptions of the river, its value and its potential. The design deploys a primary public space principle - create a place made up of a variety of spaces, each with varied appeal to young and old, men and women, rich and poor.
The park further announces its importance with three larger-than-life icons, metaphors to the river and the movement of the water.
The Haihe Beach Park has entirely changed the character of Tang gu and its riverfront. More significantly, it has given the people of Tang gu a vision for a better future.
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