Qingtan Lake Eco Science and Tech Park

WUHAN, CHINA, 2014

A verdant, water-laced territory between a major industrial installation and a developing city demands very special treatment.  The goal of this project is a triple one: preservation, mediation, and improvement.  We seek, above all, to enhance the existing resources of water, forests, topography, agriculture, and rural life.  Thus, our first move has been a close investigation of site hydrology to assure that run-off and flooding are treated with care, that the aquifer is recharged, and that no water enters the lakes that has not been remediated to a level cleaner than that of the lakes themselves.  To do this, we employ a variety of natural means, including an extensive network of bio-swales and a series of constructed wetlands – biological filters.  It is also our intention to employ extensive systems of rainwater harvesting for site use and to implement a grey water system for both sanitation and cultivation.  We note the existence of a sewage plant on site and hope that this will be constructed to the highest environmental standards.

Credits: J. Gu, Y. Liu, M. Okazaki,  A. Peñalba, M.Schmidt, M. Sorkin, 

Collaborators: S. Cheng, Y. Gu, K. Li, Y. Li, Y. Liu, S.Ren, S. Wang, Y. Wang, S. Xie,  C. Xu, W. Zhang.