Interfluvial Golden Triangle
Chongqing is a city of towering mountains and magnificent rivers. Since ancient times, it has been a regional military and political center and a significant hub of commerce and trade. Being the sole municipality under the central government in present-day inland China, Chongqing is not only a center of economy, science, education, culture, information, transportation and communications and a base of new- and hightech industries in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, but also the powerhouse of the West China Development Campaign. On its vast land of 82,400 square kilometers flow the Yangtze and Jialing Rivers, this runs through its downtown district of over 2,600 square kilometers. The confluence of the rivers forms a “Golden Triangle”, which boasts mountains and waters, fast and convenient traffic, and harmoniously integrated urban constructions and natural landscapes.
It is an intensive representation of the city’s unique feature of mountains, waters and towns integrated as one. In early days of the 21st century, a widely concerned central business district (CBD) covering Jiefangbei, Jiangbei Town and Danzishi was formed in the “Golden Triangle”. This is the new CBD of Chongqing in the 21st century, a center of vitality, an area of imagination and a window of future orientation of the city. It will serve to emphatically display the charms and features of the city and showcase its spirit in a concentrated way.
10 DESIGN have been commissioned by four corporate investors as Lead Architect, directing the masterplan of the new Danzishi Central Business District (DCBD), and design for this 14 plot development with a total site area of 360,000sqm. A common vision of this joint investment is to create an extensive new district into a highend business and retail destination. According to Gordon Affleck “Danzishi CBD is certainly one of our largest, if not most technically challenging projects... but the reality of trying to convince 4 developers with differing agendas to work together rather than be in direct competition was something new.”
Originally 10 DESIGN was commissioned for one of the key buildings within the site; however both the city planning department and CBD management committee were impressed by the way 10 DESIGN were proactively analyzing foot traffic through the whole site to get the adjacent sites to buy into creating better activated connections and shared amenity spaces. This resulted in 10 Design being commissioned to take on the architectural design for the whole DCBD.
A common vision of this joint investment is to create an extensive new district into a high-end business and retail destination. Located on the banks of the Yangtze River in China’s largest municipality, Chongqing, this mixed use development is one of three major focal projects in the city seeking to enhance the economic development of the region.
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