Spanning 116 acres, this award-winning eco-park reimagines the conventional stadium masterplan for the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games as a living civic landscape. Developed in collaboration with Thornton Tomasetti and !Melk Landscape Architecture, the project integrates two hybrid stadiums, a commercial valley, cultural amenities, and public recreation within a continuous topography where architecture and landscape operate as a single performative system. Circulation, ecology, and public life are seamlessly woven together, transforming the site from an event venue into a year-round urban destination.
Guided by principles of design intelligence, material efficiency, and long-term ecological resilience, the masterplan employs a comprehensive suite of environmental strategies, including a Sponge City water-management system, a Zero-Earth Strategy that eliminates soil export by sculpting the landscape from on-site material, restoration of the site's native biome, extensive green roofs, integrated solar energy generation, and a largely car-free public realm that prioritizes walking, cycling, and public transit.
An integrated structural and environmental strategy reduced steel consumption by 1,130 tons while accelerating construction by 20%. Rather than creating a singular mega-object, the project establishes a regenerative ecological framework that restores habitat, reduces carbon emissions, enhances biodiversity, and ensures the park's legacy as a resilient civic landscape long after the Games concluded.