Since the reform and opening up, the development approach targeting urban economic growth has led to a sharp increase in the proportion of impervious hardened surfaces in cities and significant waste of natural resources. The urgent need for water ecological civilization construction is of great significance to the continuation of human civilization in the long run. This paper focuses on the urban waterfront landscape design of the Chongqing Institute of Engineering section of the Huaxi River in Banan District, emphasizing the concept of “symbiosis”. Using site cultural symbols as a medium to connect the campus and the city on both sides of the river, returning the riverbank to the people, restoring the ecological space of the riverfront, enriching the landscape belt, promoting the protection of bird and fish habitats, and stimulating the vitality of the riverbank space; it aims to pave the way for ecological restoration, functional expansion, landscape renewal, and riverfront space activation at the study site.