The problem though was that these spaces were underutilized because of the locations poor accessibility.
In addition, most of the wetland was fragmented and damaged by sand quarrying.
The project has given the city a new identity and is now acclaimed as its most poetic landscape.
The park recently won the World Landscape of the Year prize in the World Architecture Festival 2015.
All photographs courtesy of Turenscape
Sources:www.turenscape.com/Dezeen
