Urban Planning

Explore 39 award-winning designs tagged Urban Planning on DesignAmid Magazine.

Designer: Hongjun Tang Work: Urban Renovation Classification: Urban Planning

Yan'an Tourist Service Center

Yan'an Tourist Service Center is an urban renewal project located in the core area of Yan'an old city, Shaanxi Province, China. The design responds to a damaged ecological environment and limited public facilities. The core concept is the integration of site memories into the design. The natural ecology was restored and an open urban park was created to link the city with the landscape. The facades are made of local beige sandstone, laid seamlessly by local craftsmen using traditional techniques. The design integrates the building with the mountain.

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Designer: Gao Shanxing Work: Urban Architecture Classification: Urban Planning

Pearl River Wenjiang Block B

Pearl River Wenjiang Block B is an urban master plan for a mixed-use business district in Chengdu, China. The plan includes 14 high-rise office towers, 10 commercial pedestrian streets and street-front podiums of one to two floors. Diverse transport systems are combined to form a three-dimensional city. Open blocks, waterfront parks and art courtyards support a healthy and livable daily life. The high-rise facades use a window-wall system with aluminum frames and elevated planting, which provides shading without strong light reflection. The building area is 644,765 square meters.

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Designer: Hsu Fu Chu Work: Public Park Classification: Urban Planning

Yong Quan

Yong Quan is a public park created on the site of a former sugar factory. The park covers 22672 square meters and keeps the traces of the old factory railway. A circular trail surrounds a central lake that follows the route of the former main railway line. An observation deck extends from Fuxing Road Bridge toward the lake, and an elevated wooden deck reaches an island. A wide square beside the main factory building can hold a large crowd. Springs and gravel layers feed the lake, which supports aquatic plants and water birds.

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Designer: QUAD studio Work: Future Rail City Classification: Urban Planning

Light Portal

Light Portal is masterplan of Yibin Highspeed Rail City. A reform of lifestyle recommends to all age all year round. Next to Yibin High Speed Rail Station which operated since June 2019, Yibin Greenland Centre comprises of 160m tall mixed-use Twin Towers integrate architecture and nature with the 1km long landscape boulevard. Yibin has a history for more than 4000 years, accumulating wisdom and culture just like the sediment in the river marked the development of Yibin. The Twin Towers serve as a light portal to guide visitors as well as a landmark for residents to assemble.

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Designer: RTDA Work: Master Plan Classification: Urban Planning

Lagonaki Mountain Eco Resort

Lagonaki Mountain Eco Resort is a master plan for a mountain resort in the Republic of Adygea, Russia. The plan places hotels, a cable car station and public infrastructure within a compact area of changing elevations and rocky hills surrounded by relict trees. Valuable natural features were mapped and preserved, and view axes and observation platforms were planned. Tourist routes prevent unauthorized access to protected natural areas. Building forms follow traditional Adyghe houses, with a stone base, a wooden roof and a gallery around the house.

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Designer: YI JIAN ARCHITECTS Work: Renewal Planning Classification: Urban Planning

Shantang Street Phase IV

Shantang Street is a cultural street with a history of 1200 years. It has a rich history, while today the neighborhood is dilapidated, overgrown with weeds, with few people, and lacks of vitality. The project is an overall renovation and renewal of the fourth phase of Shantang Street. By the renewal of the old buildings, implanting new commercial activities, and designing public spaces, the neighborhood will be revitalized, and injected with vitality and confidence, while retaining its historical traces.

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Designer: Dongzhu Chu Work: Masterplan Classification: Urban Planning

CR Hope Town

CR Hope Town is an urban planning project for Longquan Village in Nanjiang, Sichuan, China. The plan covers a total land area of 41.3 hectares. The work includes the renovation and construction of 132 residential houses and the restoration of dozens of historical buildings. New public buildings such as hotels, youth hostels, art galleries and tea houses are also planned, together with landscape design and environmental improvement. The design supports rural industry and local culture. Residents were consulted directly, so the varied needs are met within one unified framework.

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Designer: ZUP Work: Oriental Landscapes Classification: Urban Planning

Nanxi National Park

Nanxi National Park is an urban planning and landscape project in Wenzhou, China. The area joins ancient towns, valley scenery and daily life along the Nanxi River, and is on the tentative list of world mixed cultural and natural heritage. The plan protects and revives the landscape and the interaction between local people and nature. Building density was controlled through simulation of ecological, hydrological and geological conditions. A music events park between town and river brings modern activity to traditional space.

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Designer: Ning ZHANG Work: Biophilic Creative Blocks Classification: Urban Planning

City Archipelago

City Archipelago is an urban district plan for a 15 hectare site in the Zhenru Subcenter of Putuo District, Shanghai. The plan turns a former brownfield area into a mixed district of office, residential and digital innovation functions. Water and green areas work as green infrastructure that helps manage storm floods and improves daily life in the city. Green buildings are arranged in a loose pattern to form islands. Business service facilities along the city trunk road reduce noise and visual distraction.

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Designer: Hang Chen Work: Culture Street Classification: Urban Planning

Artisan Echoes

This project is based on the coordination of the needs of tourists visiting the Purple Pottery Industrial Park and the residents living nearby. The designer observes the production facilities of Purple Pottery and uses artistic creativity to incorporate their appearance into the modern design of the buildings. At the same time, the design respects the natural environment and arranges the buildings according to the original topography, creating a unique cultural and creative block with diverse functions such as cultural exhibitions, art workshops, and specialty dining.

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Designer: Liu Jinrui Work: Industrial Park Classification: Urban Planning

Fibonacci Spiral

Fibonacci Spiral is an industrial park planned for intelligent medicine in Shanghai. The site is surrounded by rivers that divide it into several islands, with the Dynamic Island at the center. Spiral sequences replace the central radial structure and link all the islands through boulevards. Circular podiums hold a testing center, an exhibition center, offices and social spaces. Most points lie within 300 meters of the Dynamic Island, where restaurants, shops, cafeterias and fitness rooms are placed. The islands create varied waterfront public spaces.

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Designer: Innovation Design Studio Work: Downtown Classification: Urban Planning

MTown Makadi Heights

Mtown design revolves around a central spine, incorporating building blocks to connect the project with the main node. Intimate piazzas between clusters offer diverse experiences. Creating a green spine overlooking the central park, promotes a deeper connection with nature. The design prioritizes well being, considering social, physical, mental, and emotional effects on occupants and communities. The design reflects a holistic approach focusing on well being centric space and walkability. Making it an enjoyable walk all yearlong is one of the main goal by adding shaded spots along the spine.

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