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Suzhou Eco-District
Suzhou is a city located 100km west of Shanghai in the south-east of Jiangsu Province, eastern China.
The 6 km2 site is pre-dominantly agricultural and is located close to the shores of Tai Lake , the third largest lake in China.
The brief was to develop the first phase of the new Suzhou Eco town with a focus on delivering financial viability to enable long term sustainability. Whilst at present, China’s overall environmental footprint is relatively low, peaks highlight growing patterns of unsustainable development in urban areas.
The team won the project through an invited, international competition.
Delivery Includes:
• An approach to urban design based on integrated planning processes - combining local context, tradition, and an understanding of local conditions and climate with principles of European Urbanism.
• A masterplan that embraces the traditional Chinese principles of south facing, west-east orientated streets and combines them with bio-climatic strategies applied at a variety of scales, from city to urban block, to reduce the amount of energy used for heating in the winter and cooling in the summer.
• A masterplan informed by the concept of agro-urbanism that establishes a functional inter-relationship between the production, distribution and consumption of food by connecting urban areas to agricultural land between the Eco-town and Tai Lake.
• A network of existing canals to be used for flood control, irrigation, cleansing of eutrophication, and water transport, enabling farmers to bring their produce to strategically located floating markets in the urban centres.
• A compact and functional town centre layout to encourage the use of healthy, environmentally-friendly modes of transport and discourage the use of private cars.
• An integrated transport system to serve the Eco-Town and connect it to Suzhou.
• A main town centre surrounded by eight walkable neighbourhoods, each with its own local centre to provide services for the local community.
• An ‘Eco-station’ in each centre to process domestic and agricultural waste using Terra Preta, a grey and black water treatment system that produces rich soil for use in agriculture.
• An environmentally-based Design Code to govern development.
The 6 km2 site is pre-dominantly agricultural and is located close to the shores of Tai Lake , the third largest lake in China.
The brief was to develop the first phase of the new Suzhou Eco town with a focus on delivering financial viability to enable long term sustainability. Whilst at present, China’s overall environmental footprint is relatively low, peaks highlight growing patterns of unsustainable development in urban areas.
The team won the project through an invited, international competition.
Delivery Includes:
• An approach to urban design based on integrated planning processes - combining local context, tradition, and an understanding of local conditions and climate with principles of European Urbanism.
• A masterplan that embraces the traditional Chinese principles of south facing, west-east orientated streets and combines them with bio-climatic strategies applied at a variety of scales, from city to urban block, to reduce the amount of energy used for heating in the winter and cooling in the summer.
• A masterplan informed by the concept of agro-urbanism that establishes a functional inter-relationship between the production, distribution and consumption of food by connecting urban areas to agricultural land between the Eco-town and Tai Lake.
• A network of existing canals to be used for flood control, irrigation, cleansing of eutrophication, and water transport, enabling farmers to bring their produce to strategically located floating markets in the urban centres.
• A compact and functional town centre layout to encourage the use of healthy, environmentally-friendly modes of transport and discourage the use of private cars.
• An integrated transport system to serve the Eco-Town and connect it to Suzhou.
• A main town centre surrounded by eight walkable neighbourhoods, each with its own local centre to provide services for the local community.
• An ‘Eco-station’ in each centre to process domestic and agricultural waste using Terra Preta, a grey and black water treatment system that produces rich soil for use in agriculture.
• An environmentally-based Design Code to govern development.
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