The open areas of the new shopping and cultural center take up the themes of the hilly landscape around Hangzhou and the waves of the Qiang Tang River. Wide wavy structures that rise and fall connect the plateaus on the surface with the many-leveled structure of the shopping mall below. At the end of the boulevard from the city to the water is the city balcony, extending 75m into the river. Every year a natural drama can be observed here - a flood wave of up to 8m that comes from the sea and shoots up the Qiang Tang River.