Article source: Turenscape 

Beginning in 2006, a new urban district, Qunli New Town, in the size of 2733 Hectares, was planned to be developed at the east outskirt of Haerbin City of North China. 32 million square meters of buildings will be constructed in 13-15 years. More than one third of a million population are expected to live here. While only about 16.4% of the developed land was zoned as permeable green space, the majority of the former flat plain will be covered with impermeable concrete. While the annual rainfall of this area is 567mm and concentrated in June through August (account for 60-70% of annual precipitation). Flood and water log were frequent in history for this area.

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• Architects: Turenscape 
• Project: The Transformed Stormwater Park: Qunli National Urban Wetland
• Location: Harbin City, China
• Project Size: 30 hectares
• Date of Design: June ,2009-Novemberr ,2009
• Date of Complete: 2010
• Owner/Client: The Municipal Government of Haerbin City

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