PROJECTS
PROJECT AT A GLANCE Classification: Mixed Development Location: Chengdu, China Approx. Project Cost: To be announced Approx. Commencement Date: 1Q 2021 Approx. Completion Date: To be announced
Artist impression: A multi-level transportation hub with a circular, Barclays Centre-like topper will anchor the public cluster (Source: OMA)
CHENGDU FUTURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CITY
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utch architectural firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Hamburg-based Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) were recently announced as the winners of the Chengdu Future Science and Technology City Launch Area Masterplan and Architecture Design Competition. This pilot project will be located in an area adjacent to the new Tianfu International Airport east of Chengdu in Sichuan province of China. The new airport, scheduled to open later this year, is Chengdu’s second and is expected to become the largest in China after the Beijing and Shanghai international airports. The Chengdu Future Science and Technology City is intended to help spur Chengdu’s innovation industry and will thus be oriented towards connecting the new airport as well as the extant Aviation College to the site’s northwest. DESIGN COMPOSITION As part of the first phase of the 4.6-sq-km-long masterplan, OMA will develop an International Education Park in the west while GMP will build a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in the southeast. Local architects CAUPD and Swooding will also collaborate on the masterplan. The masterplan will be in a space characterised by green
28 Mar-Apr 2021 | www.b-i.biz
CREDIT LIST CLIENT: THE REFORM AND PLANNING ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OF CHENGDU HI-TECH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE MASTERPLANNERS: OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE (OMA) AND GMP ARCHITEKTEN LOCAL ARCHITECTS: CAUPD AND SWOODING
