02 / Nature's Renaissance

- The Urban Farming community

Group Work

(Group Leader. Mainly responsible for the concept generartion, vision, design process, CAD plan, CAD section, renderings)

What can architecture respond to the high-density and inelastic cities? How will green and public space affect the community?

Year: 2021.9 — 2021.12

Instructor: Maycon Sedrez, Eugenio Mangi, Yimin Su Site Location: Sanjiangkou area, Ningbo, China

This project is a urban farming community with some public programs locating near Sanjiangkou area, Ningbo. We generate a concept of green axis, connecting and expanding the green space to the whole city, as well as becoming a new green lung of Sanjiangkou area. The green axis, in the form of a linear park, includes a variety of activities and the needs of people of different ages. Under the design of sunken water cllection points, urban resillence of this area will improve and can better respond to the flooding.

The site used to be the center of old Ningbo city, it contains a large area of Ningbo traditional ancient architecture. While preserving most of the original fabric of the area, some methods of transformation are used to revitalize the ancient buildings and balance the solid space and voil space. The ground floor of the exsiting residencial buildings are redesigned to interact with the outdoor programs and likewise improve the possibilities of having more public activites. In terms of the green area, we provided different forms of green space to accommodate the diverse planting needs. All these design concpets will implant urban farming in this area, giving the local residents new access to a healthy green lifestyle.

(This studio work was on display at the 13th Sao Paulo International Architecture Biennale in 2022)

Site Overview

The Original Site Plan

China

Zhejiang

Cultural Heritage

There is a large area of historical buildings inside the site area.

Haishu

Sanjiangkou

There are serious flooding issues in the site, with most of the green spaces are dotted. The sparse green space did not bring good street life to the local residents. I hope that while solving the local flooding situation, we can create a linkage green field, which is connected with the urban green axis, improve the urban elasticity, and bring the local citizens a new green lifestyle.

Flooding Issue

The street in the middle of the site used to be a canal, it is the lowest part of the site, as well as the confluence of water on rainy day.

DOTTED VEGETATION

The vegetation on the site is distributed in dots and does not become a system.

The lack of parking is a serious problem here, causing some vehicles to park on the road and disrupt traffic.

The residential area occupies most of the surrounding space, while a variety of commercial services are established around the buildings.

The lack of Bicycle or absent sidewalks problems on the

Bicycle path and narrow sidewalks are common site.