Baimahe Park

Location: Xianyang, Shanxi, China
Client: Fengxi New Town Development Group Co. Xi Xian
Total Area: 3.77 Hectors/ 9.31 Acres
Design: 2016-2018
Construction: 2018 Service: Master Plan, Architecture Design, Landscape Design, Storm Water Management Design, Signage Design Collaborated With: Design Institute of Xi An University of Architecture and Technology (XUAT), North West Studio of XUAT Design Team: Mei Sheng, Xiaoli Wang, Qiang Gao, Juan P. Caceres, Keli Huang, Dandan Mo, Fang Wang, Fang Liu, Yuxuan Niu, Kai Du, Wei Zhang, Moises Santiago Vera Soto, Celia Fu, Michael Antkowiak, Junda He

Designed as a green infrastructure, the park serves as a low-maintenance, self-sustaining stormwater facility within the newly developed district. By integrating carefully with the existing context and topography, the design establishes a tree-buffered open space for perimeter activities and a large, recessed meadow at the center. This configuration maximizes accessibility to park amenities while providing the necessary detention capacity for the site and its surrounding developments. Runoff is captured at grade and directed toward the center through a series of nature-based treatments: vegetated swales, infiltration planters, trenches, and dense woody bioretention areas. During extreme events, such as 50- or 100-year floods, the central green space acts as a functional reservoir.