Located in a very dense industrial area in Kwun Tong, the site was sandwiched by the busy Flyover of Kwun Tong Bypass and the major traffic road at the back. The original park was bounded with solid boundaries, and high raised planters with hard pavements. The question was how to create a green oasis and tranquil park in such a busy area.

The park works as a connector that mediates a piece of nature amidst the dense city fabric, which enhances connectivity and accessibility in the district. The new cluster of service buildings are situated on the garden edge to screen off the busy street and to align tangents and orientate towards the central lawn in the overall planning. This embodies the green oasis in the form of a circular lawn functions as a multipurpose gathering space for the outdoor theatre, as well as an urban foyer to the district. When you approach the park from the busy road outside and come closer to the circular lawn, the space would gradually open up and relates to nature.

At the main stage of the circular lawn, which acts as the heart of the green urban foyer, a green oasis is created to bridge the very dense industrial urban district to the waterfront. The design comprises clusters of service blocks, timber shelters, layers of timber trellis and frames along the walkway, which interlaces with nature and landscape, as an embodiment of the central lawn. The mature existing trees were preserved, accounting for well over half of trees on site, and some of the woods, cut off from the felled trees, were adopted for park furniture fabrication.

The architecture interlaces with nature and the interlocking planes to mediate between solid building and landscape. During the daytime, the tree shadow nicely casted on different surfaces to enliven the spaces and to provide shades for the public’s enjoyment. The idea of parallax in experiencing architecture is used, and the use of planes and frames increase the 3-dimensional and spatial quality of the experience of spaces.

By carefully placing layers of transparent screens and trellis in the blossoming garden and along the walkway, different outdoor rooms of various characters are defined to allow the public to sit, to play, and to enjoy leisure at all times. Passing through the outdoor room, integrating with the mature existing trees, and emerge themselves into the main stage of the circular lawn. The idea of pavilions among trees became one of the ideals of architecture in both Chinese culture and European picturesque garden. Outdoor pocket spaces of various characters are defined by landscape. The landscape and screen walls are defining different activity zones in the park.

At night, the theatre backdrop is lit up, like lanterns, creating another romantic ambiance to the main stage at the central lawn. Outdoor lightings are designed to provide accent illumination to highlight the architectural elements in the blossoming garden for people to experience the space at night.