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Heart of Lake is the realization of a dream: a garden resort town on a lakeside peninsula, a verdant pedestrian community ringed with waterfront parks and crisscrossed with landscaped walks. We are extremely pleased to have been involved in its design and congratulate Vanke on the completion of its first phase. 湖心岛实现了一个梦想：成为一个位于湖心半岛中央花园式度假小镇，一个滨水公园环绕、观光小路交错的翠绿色行人社区。我们很高兴能够参与湖心岛的设计工作，并祝贺万达一期项目的完成。 When we were first invited to propose a design for Heart of Lake, we put forward an alternative to the repetitive arrangement of anonymous residential blocks that has typified many high-density urban developments in China in the second half of the twentieth century. This approach was something of a gamble; other planners and architects proposed concepts that straightforwardly accommodated high density and satisfied Chinas stringent requirements for south light with repetitive formulas. From the start Vanke had higher ambitions for this spectacular site and saw the value in our ideas, and with their commitment and expertise, we embarked on our happy collaboration. 最初，收到为湖心岛提出设计方案的邀请时，我们提出了一个选择方案，不再重复建设代表了中国20世纪后半叶城市高密度发展的特点的住宅区，而这些建筑都是千篇一律，毫无特色。这个设计方案是一次赌博；其他的设计师及建筑师 则提出的设计概念是建筑直接容纳高密度人口，采用相同的建筑模式满足中国居民对采光的严格要求。从一开始，万科就对这个引人注目的地块寄于更大的抱负，也看到了我们想法的价值。因此，在他们的承诺及技术支持下，我们踏上了愉快的合作之旅。 We brought to Heart of Lake our knowledge of Western planning traditions, in particular the principles of the City Beautiful movement as exemplified by Forest Hills Gardens in New York City and Hampstead Garden Suburb north of London. Our colleagues at Vanke helped us to understand the enduring romantic appeal of nearby Gulong Island, where history has grafted traditional Western architecture onto the charming small-scale street pattern of a traditional Chinese hill town. The challenge at Heart of Lake was to translate these ideas into a large-scale, high-density 21st-century residential neighborhood in a way that respects the realities of budget and schedule—and that works creatively to meet those