TONGZHOU GRAND CANAL
RESIDENTIAL, HOSPITALITY, CIVIC, COMMERCIAL, CULTURAL
Client Beijing Tongzhou District Government
Location Tongzhou District, Beijing, China
Program Ecological corridor, landscape bridge, museum, service facility, commercial, cultural arts
Area 11.66 km2
Status Competition
Location Tongzhou District, Beijing, China
Program Ecological corridor, landscape bridge, museum, service facility, commercial, cultural arts
Area 11.66 km2
Status Competition
Amplifying the Beijing Tongzhou Grand Canal’s civic
and cultural goals, we conceive its future identity as a bridge that unites two
dimensions of nature—the vision of nature represented by a spiritual harmony
between humans and nature, and its rich embodiment in surrounding ecological
resources.
ENABLING A THREEFOLD HARMONY: ECOLOGICALLY, CULTURALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY
In a
synthesis of the Grand Canal with surrounding gardens, estuaries, and urbanism,
our proposal imagines three new pedestrian bridges that follow a concise series
of generative design operations. Weaving the individual and the collective, the
monumental and the intimate, the manmade and the organic—this three-dimensional
landscape transforms the Beijing Tongzhou Grand Canal into an icon for a future
where civilization exists in symbiosis with nature.
Team
Andrew Heid, Mingli Huang, Xian Liu, Junwei Li, Shunfan Zheng, agence TER, AATU
Andrew Heid, Mingli Huang, Xian Liu, Junwei Li, Shunfan Zheng, agence TER, AATU
Distinctions
First Prize
First Prize