Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden won the Honorary Award in the Comprehensive Design Professional Group of the Research Institute

Edited by: Guangzhou Deli Yacht Terminal Engineering Co., Ltd

editDate: April 22, 2016

Winning team: Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute;
Award Name: Honorary Award for Comprehensive Design Professional Group 

Project Name: Quarry Garden in Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai

Project location: Songjiang District, Shanghai

Project type: Park

Highlight: Floating Bridge

Construction Unit: Qingyuan Depu Floating Bridge Co., Ltd

        Chenshan Botanical Garden is located within the Sheshan National Scenic Tourism Resort in Songjiang District, covering an area of 207 hectares. From the early 20th century to the mid-1980s, due to ore mining, the appearance of the Chenshan mountain was greatly damaged, and two mines were formed in the east and west. After the western quarry was excavated from the mountain, it continued to dig deeper underground, leaving behind a huge mine pit and deep pool. The Mine Garden is a characteristic horticultural garden that has been transformed with the West Mine as its main body.

        The biggest highlight of this botanical garden is the one located in the central area; Mine Garden” The garden is mainly composed of Jinghu District, Tai District, Wanghua District, and Shentan District. Shentan District also has a waterfall landscape, and below it is a mine pit deep pool. Tourists can enter through a plank road embedded in the cliff, walk down the winding cliff plank road, and personally visit the water surface of the deep pool, passing through a stone cliff carved into it; One Line Day "; And along the floating bridge on the water surface, bypass the isolated island in the pond and enter the mountain tunnel that runs through the eastern rock medicinal plant garden. Along the way, you can enjoy the wonderful scenery of rock waterfalls and deep pools, and find a unique experience of endless fun and thrilling excitement. From a bird's-eye view of the mine garden, it looks like a white snake swimming on the water surface; White Snake“ It's the main passage of the mine garden; — Mine garden floating bridge. The floating bridge was carefully designed by the author to bring people closer to nature and blend into the landscape.

        The design, processing, and on-site construction of this landscape floating bridge were all completed by Qingyuan Depu Floating Bridge Co., Ltd. in 2010. The landscape floating bridge is mainly composed of PE floating boxes, load-bearing steel structures, two side guardrails, and anti-corrosion wooden pavement panels. The total design length is about 160 meters, with a width of 1.54 meters. The upright guardrail on the shore side is about 1.2 meters long, and the curved guardrail is about 1.08 meters high. It is positioned and fixed using braces and cross rigid cables. The floating bridge connects with the first line of sky platform at the beginning and end, and the bridge body twists and turns along the mountain terrain, turning four degrees. The floating view is like a dragon floating in the water, which is very spectacular.

        Now the region has won the Honor Award of the Comprehensive Design Professional Group of the Research Institute, which is not only a recognition of the designers, but also a recognition and expectation of Qingyuan Depu Floating Bridge Co., Ltd.