Line | Hangzhou Tianmu Li

Tianmu Li, Daguan. Designed by Italian Renzo Piano, executed by GOA Elephant; landscape by American plant ecology expert Paul Kephart, executed by Greentown; dry landscape consultant is Japanese Shunmyo Masuno; exposed concrete construction by Italian Dottor Group; even the few stones placed outdoors are by British artist Richard Long. The building facade is the most distinctive: exposed concrete, glass curtain wall, anodized aluminum panels, especially the latter, which is highly malleable, with delicate textures, combining the rigidity and flexibility of concrete. The aerial tea garden is also a masterstroke, with 16 rooftops covered with soil planting Longjing No. 43 and Anji white tea, with technical management achieving LEED BD+C:CS Gold certification. To borrow the words of French writer Gustave Flaubert: "The further you go, the more art becomes scientific, and science becomes artistic. They separate at the foot of the mountain and converge at the peak, bursting into brilliant light." Complementary, interdependent.