Tian Yi Town Masterplan (2007)
Facts:
Client
Sunshine 100
Area
780.000 m²
Competition
2007, first prize in invited international competition
Status
Competition proposal, construction period 2008-2012
Engineer
WSP FLACK
Description:
Tian Yi Town Master plan is a visionary new housing development by Sunshine 100 at the outer ring of downtown Wuxi. It is a wetland area very close to the water surface and surrounded on all sides by rivers and canals.
The new city will manifest itself as three islands. This description relates to phase A which is the first phase of a larger masterplan of two million square metres designed by schmidt hammer lassen architects. We have adapted a green approach by locating all public amenities within walking distances of each building, minimising the vehicular circulation within the plan. Each building is designed, oriented and placed so that the green environment is encircled as mush as possible.
The characteristic profile of the buildings is a direct consequence of the optimisation of the individual dwelling according to its location. The zigzagging plan has a direct consequence for the profile of the buildings, as all the buildings will have steep slanting roofs. Thus more sunlight penetrates the building mass into the public areas and the dwellings alike and the buildings achieve longer views from within the dwellings. The plan is shaped around three major landscape features: an outer ring of wetland and dense vegetation, an inner green ring imagined to be a play zone in which all leisure facilities and civic functions is located to minimise the travel distances within the plan, and then a central garden area, providing a green retreat in the centre.
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