Zhangjiagang Town River Reconstruction

The comprehensive reconstruction of Town River is based on the concept of creating the “City Parlor” in core commercial area, trying to implement the pollution control and water import meanwhile recovering the natural ecology of the river; constructing the landscape meanwhile providing a more pleasant environment; implementing comprehensive improvement meanwhile improving infrastructure functions of the entire region.

Based on a modern simple style, the reconstruction of Town River and Gudu Harbor is permeated with a strong water town style and features in architecture elevation design, stone selection and landscape paving. The designers utilize pavilion and wall to deduce the peculiar scenery of water town, which is a unique feature in the south of the Yangtza River. The most familiar Tsing Lung Bridge for the people of Old Yangshe was repaired. The eight original cultural elements in the history of Old Yangshe: the Tsing Lung Bridge, Longyin, the sound of tide of Gudu Harbor, the Green Fragrant Pavilion, the bamboo raft dock, the ship dock, the Jiyang city wall and the “Eight Forbiddens” stela, are embellished on the two sides of Gudu Harbor river by creative arrangement to present the waterfront human landscape features of Gudu Harbor.