A Mother Recovered – The Sanlihe Greenway, China, designed by Turenscape, has won the ‘World’s Best Landscape Project’ award at the prestigious World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2011.
The presentation of the WAF Awards are taking place during the largest global celebration of architecture – the World Architecture Festival, which is being held at the Centre Convencions International Barcelona (CCIB) this week.
The Sanlihe Greenway has transformed a former garbage dump into a scenic water byway. The 135 hectare byway demonstrates how neglected landscapes can be altered to provide habitats for native biodiversity, create spiritual and aesthetic benefits and act as catalysts for urban development.
The project was selected by a panel of esteemed architects and designers, beating off competition from a shortlist of seven entries.
The jury commended the project, saying “This project stands as a powerful message of defiance…Against crushing demands on our fragile and finite environment, Turenscape have shown, with their landscaping work, that a desolate and polluted wasteland can be transformed into a wilderness of natural beauty. As such they have gifted us with a shining exemplar and a beacon of hope.”
