SWA Group: www.swagroup.com 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Village SWA provided master planning, urban design, and landscape architectural services for the 650-acre 2010 Guangzhou Asian Game Village. The site’s existing water channels served as the backbone of an open-space system, forming a new connective tissue between the mountains in the north and the Pearl River in the south. The result is multiple city centers that divide the Asian Game Village into four major function areas. These quadrants are situated around an open body of water that serves as the main focal point of the village, as well as an effective security barrier during the Asian Games. The site’s aesthetic is modeled after the local village pattern, which includes a flat meadow open space (rice paddies) surrounded by hills that are populated with residential housing and heavily planted forestry. Project 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Village Location Guangzhou, China Client Guangzhou Government SWA Scope Master planning, urban design and landscape architectural services Size 232.69 km2 (7,500 acres) Other Team Members Guangzhou Urban Planning Design & Survey Institute Hank Hockenberger