Eternal water with Ripples
The Yongding River is a large river located in the west of Beijing. Having been affected by the upstream vegetation, terrain and climate since ancient times till present, the river water is turbid and turbulent, and often runs recklessly in the flood season. Thanks to the targeted governance over years, the river does not see floods anymore and it has even dried up for several years. In recent years, after construction and transformation, the current river is clear and runs gently. The riverbed and river bank with sediment deposition have been developed and constructed into a similar ecological leisure space. It witnesses the meeting of life, device, river water and thoughts continuously. In the same space, the new landscape has replaced the river water containing large amounts of sediments and the river does not run randomly anymore…
