"Mo Yin Shan Shui" (Ink Landscape) — Chaoyang Park Square is located to the south of Chaoyang Park, the largest park in Beijing's CBD. The architectural complex covers a total area of approximately 220,000 square meters, consisting of 10 buildings with varying heights, resembling a panoramic landscape painting or a group of bonsais. The design is inspired by traditional Chinese landscape art, aiming to reshape large-scale architectural relationships in the urban center, and to recreate natural forms and spaces such as "peaks, valleys, streams, rocks, and forests."

Unlike the modern buildings near Central Park in New York, which emphasize a sense of boundary and enclosure, this futuristic complex in Beijing focuses more on the extension and penetration of nature into the city. It aims to "naturalize" the man-made structures within the urban landscape. Using the classical Chinese garden design technique of "borrowing scenery" (借景), the design breaks the boundary between Chaoyang Park and the city, allowing nature and artificial landscapes to complement each other, creating a harmonious environment where people can connect emotionally with their surroundings.

"In modernist cities, architecture, as a man-made entity, is often viewed as a symbol of capital, power, or technology, while nature is considered something objective and separate. This is very different from the approach in traditional Eastern cities, where architecture and nature are combined and sculpted to create a harmonious overall ambiance," Ma Yansong explained. "By artificializing nature and naturalizing man-made structures, we blur the boundaries between the two. In this way, the relationship between people and nature is no longer one of subject and object, and the debate in modern logic about whether people should protect or destroy nature disappears. All human actions and emotions are part of nature, and we are interconnected you are within me, and I am within you."

The asymmetric twin-tower office building on the north side of the site, situated close to the park's lake, resembles two mountains rising from the earth, standing tall above the water's surface. The atrium connecting the two towers is structured with a cable-like glass roof, creating a bright and transparent space.

Several small-scale, low-rise commercial and office buildings are arranged like rocks shaped by the long-term erosion of mountain streams. They are staggered and retreat from each other, forming a hidden yet open urban garden.

The two relatively independent multi-story Armani apartments located in the southwest of the site continue the concept of "sky gardens." The staggered design allows each unit to have more sunlight and greater opportunities to connect with nature.

The overall environment is shaped with smooth, glossy black and white surfaces, creating a quiet and mysterious atmosphere, standing apart from the hustle and bustle of the city. The landscape, woven through the black buildings, incorporates traditional elements like pine, bamboo, stone, and ponds, subtly suggesting a deep connection with classical spaces.

Japanese graphic design master Kenya Hara personally designed the signage and wayfinding system for the project, blending "simplicity" with "elegance" into the overall design.

Chaoyang Park Plaza has received the LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The "mountain and water" concept is also reflected in the technological innovations. Inside the vertically protruding ridge lines of the double-tower façades, a ventilation filtration system has been integrated. This system directs filtered natural ventilation into each floor, ensuring a constant flow of fresh air throughout the building.

The water landscape on the south side of the twin towers not only enhances the visual appeal but also serves as an effective cooling mechanism. The air flows through the water feature along the ridge lines of the twin towers, providing fresh and cool ventilation for the buildings.

The deep-colored glass used in the world's tallest curved glass façade allows natural light to enter the building from all angles, while its dark hue effectively reduces the heat generated by direct sunlight.

Chaoyang Park Plaza was completed in Beijing's Central Business District, which is filled with modern skyscrapers, but what it truly seeks to engage with is Beijing as a classical city. The design reflects a philosophy of spiritual interdependence between humans and nature, and it also presents the layout of a large-scale mountain and water garden. In the painting of architectural historian Wang Mingxian, he collages Chaoyang Park Plaza into classical landscape painting, showcasing a harmonious and seamless connection, in contrast to its disconnection from the surrounding urban environment in the reality of the city. Regarding this contrast, Ma Yansong said, "I don't think this is our problem; the real issue is when did the city's original cultural context disappear? Chinese cities don't need to follow in the footsteps of Western industrial civilization but should strive to create a different kind of city, one that, at the spiritual and cultural level, can be compared with the classical cities that embody Eastern natural philosophy and wisdom."

Architecture historian Wang Mingxian inserted the project into a shanshui painting