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nextformLANDSCAPE BY PEILIN LI
Peilin Li’s self-portrait, dated 10 April 2011
Self-portraitPeilin Li

PEILIN LI · LANDSCAPE DESIGNER

Landscape.
Art. Technology.

A broader perspective on your garden.

My foundation combines landscape architecture at Beijing Forestry University, design technology at Harvard GSD, and an artist’s eye. My experience reaches from parks and waterfronts to the Japanese-inspired garden I designed and brought to life at home. Today, my growing practice focuses on residential gardens in California’s Bay Area.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Turenscape · Sasaki Associates
ZhuYufan Studio · Design Distill

See my landscape work ↗
Harvard
Graduate School of Design
Master of Design Studies · Technology
School recognition · 2018

GSD’s graduate landscape architecture program ranked #1 in DesignIntelligence’s “Most Admired” survey.

Source: American Society of Landscape Architects ↗
Beijing
Forestry University
Bachelor of Engineering · Landscape Architecture
Discipline recognition · 2012 / 2016

Landscape Architecture ranked #1 in China in the 2012 Ministry of Education discipline assessment; rated A+ in 2016.

Source: School of Landscape Architecture ↗

PEOPLE & PRACTICE

Shaped by exceptional minds.
Grounded in real projects.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE · TURENSCAPE

Kongjian Yu

At Turenscape, I worked with Kongjian Yu on landscape projects, with experience spanning site research, hydrology, master planning, and detailed design.

Yu: 2023 Oberlander Prize laureate ↗
DESIGN EXPERIENCE · ZHUYUFAN STUDIO

Yufan Zhu

In Yufan Zhu’s studio, I contributed to waterfront landscape design for a city project in Ningbo, developing ideas through plans, sections, models, and perspectives.

UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN EDUCATION

Xiangrong Wang

Xiangrong Wang was my undergraduate design teacher at Beijing Forestry University—part of the landscape education that established my approach to space and site.

From the first idea
to the details that make it work.

My project experience spans parks, waterfronts, residential gardens, and interactive landscapes. I have contributed from early concepts through design development, working with site research, planting, built details, and 3D visualization.

At Design Distill, I developed my visualization skills; at leFUN, I explored landscape data, interactive spaces, and location-based AR. This breadth helps me connect the design idea with how a place is seen, used, and ultimately made.

Peilin’s completed Japanese-inspired home garden, with a timber bridge, stone, gravel, and layered planting
The Quiet Crossing · My own garden · Completed photograph

DESIGNED, BUILT & LIVED IN

My own garden.
From vision to reality.

I took my own Japanese-inspired garden from the first layout through construction, personally overseeing planting, material selection, and the details on site.

Being both the designer and the homeowner made every decision tangible. I cared about how an idea would be built, how materials would meet, and how the garden would feel in everyday life. That same attention informs the work I bring to clients.

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THE EXPERIENCE I BRING TO YOUR GARDEN

From larger landscapes
to your own.

From reading a site to visualizing an idea, these experiences shape how I design today. The work below reflects my contributions within each studio’s team.

Turenscape

Landscape Designer

Start with the land. Follow through to the details.

At Turenscape, I worked with Kongjian Yu on landscape projects. My work on the Tongzhou Sub-center project included site surveys, hydrology research, master planning, detailed landscape design, and physical models. My work also included concepts, drawings, and 3D visualization for a landscape project in Yangzhou, and bridge design and visualization for Rudong Park.

That experience informs how I connect a garden’s layout with its terrain, water, circulation, and smaller built details.

Sasaki Associates

Landscape Design

Make room for the ways people use a place.

At Sasaki, I contributed to a skateboard park design for Shanghai Hongkou Stadium, a conceptual master plan for Wynn Las Vegas Resort, sectional perspectives and diagrams for the Buji River in Shenzhen’s Luohu district, and cultural research for Chengdu Tianfu Olympic Sports City.

Working across recreation, hospitality, and public landscapes helped me think about how activities, movement, and local character can shape a space.

Design Distill

Architectural Visualization

See the possibilities before you commit.

My work at Design Distill focused on 3D modeling, rendering, and image post-production. It developed my ability to communicate the atmosphere of a place through light, materials, planting, and composition.

I bring that visual clarity into design reviews, so we can discuss how your garden might look and feel while there is still room to refine it.

Beijing leFUN Technology Co. Ltd.

Interactive Landscape Design

Think beyond the view, to the experience.

At leFUN, I worked on data processing and visualization for Beijing’s green-space system, interactive landscape design for Zibo Runway Park and Haidian-Tech Park, and a location-based AR app for Beijing Sunpark.

These explorations sharpened my interest in how people discover and interact with a landscape—an approach I bring to paths, gathering places, and everyday garden routines.

ZhuYufan Studio

Design

Connect the overall idea to the human view.

For a city design project in Ningbo, I contributed to waterfront landscape design, 3D models, plans, sections, perspective renderings, and presentation graphics.

Moving between plans, sections, and eye-level views helps me consider a garden both as a whole and as a place you experience on foot.

reMIIX Studio

Design

Bring the house and garden into conversation.

At reMIIX, I contributed physical models and facade design to the Wanwanshu Villa project, alongside site surveys and measurements for An’s house.

This residential work reinforced the value of careful measurement and of considering outdoor spaces in relation to the home’s proportions, openings, and materials.

Tsinghua Urban Planning & Design Institution

Tourist Areas Planning Assistant

Understand what makes a place its own.

For the Mulan Tourism Planning project, I supported preliminary research, case studies, and diagram development.

Research remains part of my design process: understanding the setting and the people who use it before deciding what a place should become.

China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute

Landscape Design

Balance activity with a sense of place.

I contributed preliminary research and park design to the Meishan Sport Center competition, exploring the landscape around a setting for recreation.

That experience adds to the way I consider outdoor spaces for movement, play, and moments of rest.

Let’s bring this perspective to your garden.

Garden design for homes across North America, delivered remotely. Design and construction in California’s Bay Area.

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