Green Island City
10 DESIGN architects has recently been awarded a 93 ha Masterplan for a CBD in Pingtan, a New Cross-Strait District for China and It’s Trading Partner, Taiwan. Pingtan is planned as a new commercial hub to drive communication and commercial trade between China and Taiwan. Part of the competition included the design of a new Cross Straits Forum comprising theatre, convention, exhibition and auxiliary commercial and cultural facilities. “Following a design competition 10 DESIGN (often referred to as “10”) has recently been awarded both the master plan of a 93 hectare waterfront CBD development and a new Cross Straits Forum in the island of Pingtan in China.”, says Gordon Affleck, Design Partner.
Overall, the master plan hopes to see the creation of 3.3 million square meters (35.5 million square feet) of urban construction, with roads and trams to be integrated along a series of terraced landscapes. This will ultimately reduce the impact of traffic, whilst also providing safe and clear pedestrian routes. The waterfront will see a series of leisure attractions, with retail outlets lining the canals.
10 Design is now reportedly working with educators, artists and manufacturers to explore and advance Pingtan’s sustainable development. Transforming Pingtan will be no small feat. The island, that is currently home to established sea farming and transportation industries, is China’s fifth-largest island and almost twice the size of Hong Kong. The development includes a 4.99 km (3.1 mile) Pingtan cross-Straits bridge, ending the need for ferries, with a second cross- Straits bridge on the drawing board. An expressway connecting Pingtan and Fuzhou (shortening the journey to 1.5 hours) is also in the works, as are five new ports, including a 200,000-ton (181,437-tonne)-capacity port and two 300,000-ton (272,155-tonne) ports.
The Ten Design team has come up with a futuristic model for the island, besides contemporary skyscrapers, theaters, convention and exhibition centers and an array of commercial and cultural facilities, towards the center of the district will lay a newlycreated freshwater lake, designed to conserve gray water collected from the local urban landscape. Part of the competition included the design of the Cross Straits Forum, which would be in the first phase of development.
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