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迈德景观：回访塘前大区建成一年，我们以持续生长的视角，记录观察着社区生命力与景观的共生。当设计选择退让而非预判，时间与自然便显露出超越想象的塑造力——社区的长效之美不在于对抗时间流逝，而是参与自然的延续。建筑与山林在呼吸间融合共生，生态基底随自然演替。我们不必成为山林的主人，而山林本就在这里。
共筑真实疗愈的人居社区，在山林恒久之道与社区永续之间，我们看到了自然和时间不动声色的力量。
MIND STUDIO: Having revisited Tangqian a year after completion, we recorded our observations of the symbiotic relationship between community vitality and the landscape, viewed from a perspective of continued growth. When our design chooses to yield rather than predict, time and nature reveal a creative power beyond imagination—the community’s enduring beauty lies not in resisting the passage of time but in embracing nature’s unfolding narrative. Architecture and forest harmoniously interweave in the rhythm of breath, and the ecological base evolves with nature. We need not master the mountains and forests; they are already present.
Creating a truly healing habitat, we witnessed the quiet power of nature and time in balancing the mountains’ timeless wisdom with the community’s enduring growth.
▽社区的长效之美不在于对抗时间流逝，而是参与自然的延续。让建筑与山林融合共生，让生态基底随自然演替
01/讲述：关于这座城市的共生智慧
Narrative: On the Symbiotic Wisdom of this City
在苏州，这座被2500年流水山林浸润的百园之城，千年的苏式山林美学与脉承的文人园林文化静静流淌。跨越千年，“山水还在，古迹还在”，时间并未在此流逝，而是沉淀为城市肌理中山水与生活的共生艺术。
Suzhou, a city of a hundred gardens, has been steeped in flowing waters and forested hills for 2500 years. Here, the millennial Suzhou-style mountain and forest aesthetic and the inherited culture of the literati garden quietly flow. Spanning a thousand years, yet the landscapes and ancient sites endure. Time has not passed here but has been deposited as a symbiotic art of landscape and life within the city’s very texture.
项目落址苏州相城区，于“水岸林泽”与“人文山境”的独特交融处，描绘着低缓温润、又独有浓厚人文气息的江南山林意蕴。但当时间向前，史诗在传颂中泛黄，歌谣沉入青石板，那片城市的山林依旧苍翠如初，时间带来的是这里的人们与自然如呼吸般天然亲昵，那是和自然共栖的生活哲学。
Located in Suzhou’s Xiangcheng District, at the unique intersection of “waterside wetlands” and “cultural mountains,” the project depicts the gentle, warm, and culturally rich literary atmosphere of the Jiangnan mountains and forests. But as time moves forward, epics fade with retelling, and ballads sink into the bluestone slabs. The city’s mountain forest remains as verdant as ever. Time has brought the people here a natural and intimate connection with nature, like breathing—a philosophy of living in harmony with nature.
▽山林与生活的共生艺术
▽人居和自然共栖的生活哲学
设计受此启发，我们看到永续住居的另外一种解法——“山林长效主义”，摆脱传统大区如同样板的符号堆砌，以“山林精神”而非“园林形式”为内核，将苏州人骨子里的园庭之乐，转化为可感知的当代山居生活图景，我们希望打造这样一个自我维持、动态平衡的疗愈型社区景观，真正让 “人居其中，而山林恒守” 实现在时间中鲜活延续。
Inspired by this, we envision a different solution for sustainable living—”mountain forest longevity.” Eschewing the typical large-scale residential development’s reliance on repetitive symbols, we embrace the “spirit of the mountain and forest” rather than the “form of the garden.” We transform the inherent love of gardens within the Suzhou character into a tangible, contemporary mountain dwelling lifestyle. We aim to create a self-sustaining, dynamically balanced, and therapeutic community landscape that truly allows “people to dwell within it, while the mountains and forests endure,” vividly continuing through time.
▽以“山林精神”而非“园林形式”为内核，将苏州人骨子里的园庭之乐，转化为可感知的当代山居生活图景
▽我们希望打造这样一个自我维持、动态平衡的疗愈型社区景观，真正让 “人居其中，而山林恒守” 实现在时间中鲜活延续
02/缓行：关于这片土地的自然居游
Slow Pace: On the Natural Dwelling and Exploration of this Land
隐逸都市，归心山林。整体布局宛若天成，主轴空间从山门信步而入，四季会客庭院以杂木婆娑的无界渗透，模糊建筑与山林界限，引人深入却不知已身在此山中。
Seclusion in the city, a return to the heart of the mountains and forests. The overall layout appears naturally formed. From the threshold, one leisurely enters the main axis, where the four-season reception courtyards, with their diverse, swaying trees, seamlessly blend, blurring the boundaries between architecture and forest, drawing people in so subtly that they are unaware of being within the mountains.
▽庭院以杂木婆娑的无界渗透，模糊建筑与山林界限
沿130米归家溪径北行，串联山林度假的南北中轴线，视线浸入“水光森林”的晨光薄雾，再漫入林冠起伏的层林露营——山居的松弛感在此如溪流般自然淌开。
Walking north along the 130-meter homecoming stream path, one traverses the north-south central axis of the mountain-forest resort. The gaze is immersed in the morning mist of the “water and light forest.” Then it flows into the canopied, undulating, layered forest camping area—the relaxed feeling of mountain living naturally unfolds here like a stream.
中央东西向延展300米的生活漫道，则是更为沉浸探索山林的居游花园。沿途，星光花园里有着仰望星空时与山风的低语，自然课堂有给稚童传递着雨水森林的智慧，于林木掩映的童梦花园欢腾着童声笑语。沐浴在野趣盎然的闲逸质乐里，山里的时间都走得缓慢而温柔。
Extending 300 meters east-west, the central promenade is immersive for exploring the mountains and forests. Along the way, the Starry Garden offers whispers with the mountain breeze while gazing at the night sky. The Nature Classroom imparts the wisdom of the rainforest to young children. The Children’s Dream Garden, shaded by trees, echoes with joyful laughter. Bathed in the delightful and carefree atmosphere of nature, time in the mountains moves slowly and gently.
十字中轴上串联星罗棋布的山林印记，最后曲径通向各院的宅间花园。六个私享宅间庭院如隐逸鸾林中的岛屿，从林下休闲、邻里社交、户外健身、到芳香疗愈花园、可食花园、康养颐和，组合成更丰富的自然疗愈能量场域，彰显着山林的本真与自然的亲密无间。
Mountain-forest imprints, scattered like stars, are linked along the central axis, with winding paths ultimately leading to the residential gardens of each courtyard. The six private residential courtyards are like islands hidden within a secluded forest, ranging from forest relaxation and neighborhood socializing to outdoor fitness, aromatherapy gardens, edible gardens, and health and wellness spaces. Together, they form a rich field of natural healing energy, showcasing the authenticity of the mountains and forests and the intimate connection with nature.
整体设计以山林为底色，借苏州人文的雅趣精髓，融入更多山居图景。从主轴的自然浸润，到生活漫道的烟火，私享庭院的身心疗愈，感受“隐逸-归心-栖居”的情感递进，居游其中不需要成为山林的主人，而是在与自然的共生中，“不占有，不驯服，不设防”。 景观褪却繁杂的元素，为了极致呈现自然山石水景而留白。山林本就在这里，而山居在此终于具象。
The overall design is based on a mountain-forest theme, drawing upon the refined essence of Suzhou’s culture to incorporate more mountain living scenery. From the natural immersion of the main axis to the everyday life of the promenade, to the physical and mental healing of the private courtyards, one experiences a progression of emotions: “seclusion-returning to the heart-dwelling.” To live and explore here is not to conquer the mountains and forests. It is to coexist with nature, “unpossessing, untaming, undefended.” The landscape sheds complex elements, leaving space to exquisitely present natural mountain rock and water features. The mountains and forests are inherent; here, mountain living takes tangible form.
▽景观褪却繁杂的元素，为了极致呈现自然山石水景而留白
03/细摹：关于这片山林的经年之美
Detailed Portrait: On the Enduring Beauty of this Mountain Forest
设计之初，我们思考着社区永续或者说社区常续的可能性，我们害怕社区变老，甚或于希望它衰老得慢一些。社区永续性所讲的是人与自然，人与人之间的和谐长久共生关系。在这种长久共生之中，时间的流逝，是否只意味着衰退与湮没?
At the beginning of the design, we considered the possibility of community sustainability, or rather, community longevity. We feared the community aging or, at least, hoped it would age slowly. Community sustainability speaks to the harmonious and lasting symbiotic relationship connecting people to nature and each other. Within this lasting symbiosis, does the passage of time only mean decline and oblivion?
三年过去，再次回到在这片社区的土地上，我们看到设计“生根发芽” “持续呼吸”，自然和时间比想象中做得更好。
Three years later, returning to this community, we see the design “taking root and sprouting,” “breathing continuously.” Nature and time have done even better than we imagined.
▽将自然山水蕴含的东方哲思转化为可感知的场景语言
植物，始终是景观中最鲜活的叙述者。
在社区不断探索的“山林主义”种植体系中，相比于传统园林的静态观赏性，我们更关注植物随时间演替的自然生态美学。
Plants are consistently the most vibrant storytellers in the landscape.
Within the community’s ongoing exploration of “mountain-forest aesthetics,” we focus more on the natural ecological beauty of plant succession over time than on the static ornamental qualities of traditional gardens.
▽关注植物随时间演替的自然生态美学
四季庭院中「非驯化」的上乔朴树姿态迥异，中层的鸡爪槭枝叶舒展，随地形起伏的木贼与蕨类缠绕交错，在湿润气息中愈加丰茂。摒弃传统整齐园艺，模仿山林自然演替垂直群落，低干预的人工着笔中，不是违背环境，而是利用环境共生。
In the four-season courtyards, the “undomesticated” hackberry trees display unique gestures. Mid-story Japanese maples spread their branches, while scouring rush and ferns, following the undulating terrain, intertwine and become increasingly lush in the humid air. Eschewing traditional, manicured horticulture, we emulate the natural succession of vertical communities in mountain forests. With minimal human intervention, we don’t contradict the environment but rather coexist with it.
▽摒弃传统整齐园艺，模仿山林自然演替垂直群落
在去中心化、去主景化的植物群落中，朴树、河桦、乌桕等树种参差交替，连绵成势。刻意留白的草坪空间，任由气流、阳光、微气候在缝隙间自由穿行，重新设计引导枝干舒展其最本真的姿态——那是一种无需矫饰的生命自洽。
Within the decentralized, de-emphasized plant communities, hackberry, River birch, Chinese tallow, and other tree species intermingle and alternate, forming a flowing, powerful presence. Intentionally unplanted lawn areas allow air currents, sunlight, and microclimates to flow freely through the gaps. By redesigning the site, we guide the branches to unfold in their most authentic form—a self-contained vitality that requires no embellishment.
▽去中心化、去主景化的植物群落，树木枝干舒展其最本真的姿态，那是一种无需矫饰的生命自洽
“春生-夏茂-秋色-冬藏”，万物生长自有其律。全区落叶树种占比近七成，既为冬暖夏凉的栖居考量，亦因其凋落滋养腐殖质生成，维系植物群落的生态平衡。盛夏时节，五月杨梅红透枝头，六月枇杷缀满金黄；深秋芒草摇曳枯黄，却蕴藏生机，只待冬藏蓄力后的新绿；河桦树皮随光阴自然剥落……这些在精装语境中被视为“缺憾”的片段，在生命循环四季轮转之中，是“山林”原生力量与质朴美学的无言叙事。
“Spring birth, summer lush, autumn color, winter storage”—all living things have their rhythm. Nearly 70% of the district’s trees are deciduous, chosen both for seasonal comfort (warm winters, cool summers) and for their fallen leaves, which enrich the soil and sustain the plant community’s ecological balance. In midsummer, waxberries turn red, and loquats are covered in golden yellow fruit; in late autumn, silvergrass sways with a dry yellow color, yet contains vitality, only waiting for the new green after winter storage; river birch bark naturally peels off with time… These fragments, which are regarded as ‘imperfections’ in a refined context, are the silent narratives of the “mountain- forest’ original power and simple aesthetics in the seasonal rotation of the cycle of life.
▽全区落叶树种占比近七成，既为冬暖夏凉的栖居考量，亦因其凋落滋养腐殖质生成，维系植物群落的生态平衡
材质，描画着时间最动人的表情。
整个项目在材料的选择上，几乎未曾向“精致”过度靠拢。我们不追求无止境的打磨，也不设想过度的人工雕饰，而是以时间为衡量尺度的材质，选择更能与自然对话和气候共生的亲人材料，历久弥新。
Materials depict time’s most touching expressions.
Throughout the project, the material selection has avoided excessive refinement. We did not pursue endless polishing, nor did we envision excessive artificial ornamentation. Instead, we chose materials that could withstand the test of time—natural materials that better dialogue with nature and coexist with the climate, aging beautifully.
项目中大量运用原生老山石，保留其天然形态与肌理：有的稳重嵌于路径，有的裸露山脊静立水畔，有的成为垒墙和光同尘，有的铺设池底与水相融。时光将为其纹理增添更柔和而深沉的力道。
The project makes extensive use of native, aged mountain stones, preserving their natural forms and textures: some are firmly embedded in the paths, others stand bare on the mountain ridges by the water’s edge, some are integrated into the walls, blending with the light, and some pave the bottom of the pool, merging with the water. Time will add a more gentle and profound strength to their textures.
▽项目中大量运用原生老山石，保留其天然形态与肌理
枕木，源自铁路与田埂的旧材，被我们嵌于砾石间，留下可供行走的间隙。其天然的岁月痕迹不惧磨损，反因使用而愈显质朴坚韧之美。这是一种无需雕饰、源于自然并终将回归的力量。
Railroad ties, sourced from old railways and embankments, are embedded in the gravel, leaving gaps for walking. Their natural traces of time are not afraid of wear and tear; on the contrary, their rustic and resilient beauty is enhanced by use. This is a power that requires no embellishment, originates from nature, and will eventually return to it.
于户外软装及可触空间，我们延续亲近的材质叙事。耐候仿藤椅、温润木桌、圆融石凳，它们无惧风雨的筋骨之下，蕴藏着温润肌肤的触感。这是一场身体与自然材质的真诚对话。
In the outdoor soft furnishings and touchable spaces, we continue the narrative of approachable materials. Imitation rattan chairs, wooden tables, and rounded stone benches possess a gentle, skin-like touch beneath their weather-resistant frames. This is an honest dialogue between the body and natural materials.
更具文化温度的回应，则是我们对在地非遗的温情致意。本案毗邻苏州御窑金砖古址，我们以现代铺装语汇，转译金砖的温润质地与匠艺，将其嵌入场地界面。这不止于材料的运用，更是地方记忆的唤醒——经岁月沉积后所呈现出的微妙光泽与手工刻痕，与江南文脉一脉相承，无声对话着过去与当下。
A response with greater cultural warmth is our heartfelt tribute to local intangible cultural heritage. This project is adjacent to the heritage of Suzhou Imperial Kiln Brick. We used modern paving to translate the warm texture and craftsmanship of the golden bricks, embedding them into the site’s surface. This is more than just the use of materials; it is an awakening of local memory—the subtle luster and handcrafted markings that appear after years of deposition are inherited from the Jiangnan cultural context, silently conversing with the past and the present.
同时在自然的不规则下，是恒久经典的比例秩序美学骨架。
At the same time, beneath the irregularities of nature lies the framework of an enduring and classic proportional aesthetic.
比例，维系着视觉的平衡与情绪张力，构成空间耐看、耐用、耐久的美学秩序。真正动人的尺度，从不囿于精确数字，而在于使用空间中的舒展从容。
Proportion maintains visual balance and emotional tension, creating an aesthetic order of space that is pleasing to the visual, practical, and durable. Truly moving proportions are never limited to precise numbers but lie in the ease and composure of using the space.
于此山林语境，我们以细腻尺度唤醒节奏感知，承袭东方对“秩序”与“宁静”的追求。
Within this mountain-forest context, we use delicate proportions to awaken rhythmic perception, inheriting the Eastern pursuit of “order” and “tranquility.”
步入松弛之境：碎石、汀步、木台，如溪流转折，引向自然的枝叶深处。植物疏密应和情绪，庭院则借微缩尺度、低伏围合与盎然绿意，围拢一片向内的沉静安定。
Stepping into a relaxed realm: gravel, stepping stones, and wooden platforms, like the twists and turns of a stream, lead towards the depths of natural foliage. The density and sparseness of the plants echo the emotions, while the courtyard borrows from the miniature scale, low-lying enclosure, and lush greenery to surround a calm and peaceful interior.
地方依恋，是人群与山林更深处的生命共同体。
Place attachment is a deeper symbiotic life community between people and the mountain-forest.
正如山林根系，深扎大地，越过四季风霜而深远有力，人的情感亦在一处久居之地，如同种子扎根蔓延，最终与空间、与滋养此地的山林自然交融缠绕成不可替代的家园温度与归属印记。这便是“地方依恋(Place Attachment)”的真义：人与场所、与环绕其间的自然生命，在日复一日的陪伴、共享与互动中，悄然滋长出深厚的情感黏性，将个体编织进由土地、绿意与邻里共同构筑的稳固社区网络。
Just as the roots of the mountains and forests are deeply embedded in the earth, enduring beyond seasonal changes, so too are human emotions in a long-inhabited place. Like seeds taking root and spreading, these emotions eventually intertwine with the space and the nourishing mountains and forests, creating an irreplaceable sense of home and belonging. This is the true meaning of “Place Attachment”: people and places, along with the natural life surrounding them, quietly cultivate a deep emotional connection in daily companionship, sharing, and interaction, weaving individuals into a stable community network constructed by land, greenery, and neighborhood.
故而，我们着意空间尺度的亲切与情境的松弛，让山林自然成为社区生活的底色与同侪。 无论是地面绿谷间俯拾皆是的野趣，还是架空层风廊中穿林而过的清冽气息，没有被规划的动线，只有孩子们追逐落叶、辨认鸟鸣时留下的真实足迹，串联起共同的童年记忆；人群之间，空间之间的边界如山林光影般轻柔模糊，那是共有感知的山林韵律与社区心跳。
Therefore, we focused on the intimacy of spatial scale and the relaxed atmosphere of the setting, allowing the mountain forest to become the foundation and companion of our community life. Whether it is the readily available wildness in the ground-level green valleys or the clear atmosphere passing through the forest in the elevated corridors, there are no planned routes, only the authentic footprints left by children chasing fallen leaves and identifying birdsong, connecting shared childhood memories. The boundaries between people and spaces are as gently blurred as the light and shadow in the mountains and forests, creating a shared perception of the rhythm of the mountain-forest and the heartbeat of the community.
岁月沉淀的情感，未随时光淡去，反在山林光影、季相交叠中，如老树年轮愈晰愈温，凝结为个体对家园的认同、对这片山林的眷恋与骄傲，成为这个社区最深沉而恒久的情感与归属。
Emotions settled over time have not faded over time; instead, bathed in the mountain and forest light and shadow and nurtured by the changing seasons, they’ve grown clearer and warmer, like the annual rings of an ancient tree. These emotions solidify into an individual’s recognition of their home, their love and pride for this mountain forest, and become the deepest and most enduring feeling and belonging of this community.
这,才是景观设计的核心：承续土地禀赋，让山林之力润泽社区，营造根植自然、心之所安、情之所系的生命共同体。
This is the core of landscape design: to inherit the endowment of the land, to allow the power of the mountains and forests to enrich the community, and to create a living community rooted in nature, where the heart finds peace, and where emotions are connected.
回顾：看见这里社区的更多可能
Retrospective: Seeing More Possibilities for this Community
抱持着对当下社区环境自我审慎和不断探求的心态，我们认为更美人居不应该是一张有效期内的空头支票。设计需要真正看见身边的房子，与自然的链接，回到人群。建造结束，但这片山林却教会了我们更多。
With a self-critical and constantly inquisitive attitude towards the current community environment, we believe that a more beautiful living environment should not be an empty promise with a limited validity period. Design needs to truly see the houses nearby, the connection with nature, and the return to the people. Construction has ended, but this mountain forest has taught us even more.
向山林学习”不完美”的永恒，我们看到真正的永续社区应如原生林——看似交杂却暗含精密秩序，即使是应季枯萎的芒草、裸露风化的岩层都是系统韧性的组成部分。永恒不在凝固的完美中，而在持续适应的自然智慧里。 这片山林最终教会我们的，或许是如何以短暂者的身份，参与一场永恒的对话。终有一天，山林的“经年之美“，让我们不再担心社区会老去。
Learning the “imperfect” eternity from the mountains and forests, we see that a truly sustainable community should be like a native forest—seemingly mixed yet secretly containing a precise order, where even the seasonally withered silvergrass and exposed, weathered rock formations are part of the system’s resilience. Eternity is not in frozen perfection but in the natural wisdom of continuous adaptation. This mountain forest has ultimately taught us how to participate in an eternal dialogue as temporary beings. Someday, the “enduring beauty” of the mountains and forests will allow us to no longer worry about the community growing old.
等待一片山林变绿的智慧，或许正是我们这个急功近利时代最稀缺的精神资源。当各种”速成”景观大行其道，无视轻慢于附近和时间。我们更需要重新发现缓慢的力量。这并非对效率的否定，而是对生态时序的尊重，是对时间深度力量的信任和对设计生命厚度的守护。当我们谦卑的阅读土地，探索真正永续性的社区实践里，终于看见，原来山林本就在这里。
The wisdom of waiting for a mountain forest to turn green is perhaps the scarcest spiritual resource in our era of quick success and instant gratification. When various “instant” landscapes are popular, ignoring and disrespecting the vicinity and time, we need to rediscover the power of slowness. This is not a rejection of efficiency but a respect for ecological order, a trust in the power of time’s depth, and a safeguarding of the thickness of design’s life. When we humbly read the land and explore truly sustainable community practices, we finally see that the mountains and forests are already here.
▽山林教会我们，谦卑的阅读土地
“ 山林教会我们，谦卑的阅读土地。”
审稿编辑：junjun
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