Adjacent to the World Expo 2010 site in Shanghai, Mu Garden is a 6.7 acre composite of neo-classical Chinese gardens each with distinctive characteristics, idiosyncratic functions and poetic details.  Collectively, they invite visitors to experience and enjoy the fascinating facets of Chinese landscape architecture.  Shaped from a charmless industrial site, Mu Garden expresses China’s ancient and diverse landscape architecture as a bold, contemporary, dynamic landmark in tandem with the theme of the Expo “Better City, Better Life”.  Mu Garden offers locals and visitors, young and old, physically able and challenged a myriad of accessible garden space to gather, relax and be rejuvenated during and after the Expo.   The creative use of local building materials and native plants vividly illustrates and brings to life the philosophical tenet uniting all Chinese gardens: creating multi-sensory experiences to evoke marvelous feelings and memories of nature. Mu Garden continues to attract local residents and international visitors to experience the allure and artistry of Chinese landscape architecture and culture set in one of the most fast-paced cities in the world.

       2010上海世博中国园“亩中山水”位于上海黄浦江滨南岸、世博会演艺中心以东，占地面积2.7公顷，在世博会期间是重要的人流聚集、停留的中转站。在世博会后，亩中山水园与中国馆等为数不多的场馆存留下来作为会后文化遗产。

       易兰规划设计院担纲了该项目规划、建筑及景观整体设计工作。亩中山水园的设计主要围绕两点展开：一是展现中国文化遗产的特性并兼顾功能性；二是体现中国的当代性特点。其中一个设计关键就是如何继承发扬传统园林中的优秀理念和造园手法。作为“亩中山水”系列作品，上海世博会中国园的设计从中国传统园林艺术汲取灵感，并以国际化的视野来反思中国传统园林在当代的延承和发展方式，是对景观设计上“当代中式”的一次有益探索。在该项目中，以“虽由人作，宛自天开”为设计原则，山石景观、水体景观、植物配置等均运用了“当代中式”的设计手法，通过简洁的现代景观设计语言凝炼中国传统园林艺术精华，提供一个人性化的自然环境。该项目包含九个以亩为单位的“亩中山水”园林系列，根据不同的主题当代化地诠释了中国传统园林中建筑、叠石、山水、曲径、种植等各种造园元素，巧妙自然地把传统封闭的私家园林转换为在功能上具有公众参与性的开放式空间。