Tourists walk on the pontoon. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Judges praised the Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden – Quarry Garden Project as "an excellent example of a fresh approach to quarry restoration" and said "it is an approach which could be applied to quarries elsewhere in China and around the world".

Situated on a former site for stone mining from the early 1900s to the 1980s, the designer successfully integrated the industrial legacy and unique geological conditions, and created a colorful landscape featuring distinctive seasons in Chenshan Botanical Garden.