NEW CENTRE NEW ERA NEW BIOTOPE
Shenzhen, China 2019
Winning competition, on-going construction
client: Shenzhen Qianhai Deep Harbor Modern Service Industry Hezuoqu Management Department
Qianhai is the new habitat of Shenzhen. It is a new opportunity for exhibiting endless possibilities of “city+nature”. In this highly dense centre, new nature is beyond greenness. It is an integration of culture and biodiversity, fostering linkage between people-people, people-nature and people-city.
A system of 12 new biotope typologies is structured by 3 different corridors (Natural Corridor, Urban Grids and Cultural Corridor). In the South, with flowing valley as a redefined air corridor, people experience different natural intensity and uniquely programmed biotopes integrated both vertically and horizontally.
In the North, the relationship between public spaces and cultural facilities is reinterpreted. The proposal not only creates new nature for Qianhai, but it also serves as methodology for spaces throughout the district. Qianhai is a brand new city with a flowing biotope for fresh urban+nature experiences.
The flowing biotope will be a natural oasis for Qianhai, where biodiversity can truly flourish. It will be a civic belt for Qianhai, where cultural diversity is enhanced and celebrated. It will be a nourishing medium for Qianhai, where layers of urban and natural functions are intimately inter- woven into a new composition of contemporary public space.
NEW CENTRE NEW ERA NEW BIOTOPE
Shenzhen, China 2019
Winning competition, on-going construction
client: Shenzhen Qianhai Deep Harbor Modern Service Industry Hezuoqu Management Department
Qianhai is the new habitat of Shenzhen. It is a new opportunity for exhibiting endless possibilities of “city+nature”. In this highly dense centre, new nature is beyond greenness. It is an integration of culture and biodiversity, fostering linkage between people-people, people-nature and people-city.
A system of 12 new biotope typologies is structured by 3 different corridors (Natural Corridor, Urban Grids and Cultural Corridor). In the South, with flowing valley as a redefined air corridor, people experience different natural intensity and uniquely programmed biotopes integrated both vertically and horizontally.
In the North, the relationship between public spaces and cultural facilities is reinterpreted. The proposal not only creates new nature for Qianhai, but it also serves as methodology for spaces throughout the district. Qianhai is a brand new city with a flowing biotope for fresh urban+nature experiences.
The flowing biotope will be a natural oasis for Qianhai, where biodiversity can truly flourish. It will be a civic belt for Qianhai, where cultural diversity is enhanced and celebrated. It will be a nourishing medium for Qianhai, where layers of urban and natural functions are intimately inter- woven into a new composition of contemporary public space.