Local Loop

Hikmatyar Abdul Aziz, Indonesia

“Local Loop is a local-driven urban development which strengthen Dujiangyan’s identity by exposing local contexts.”

Dujiangyan is well known tourist attraction with natural beauty and cultural diversity. Those assets drive future planning and create new sustainable habitat in the city. The idea is to integrate different layers of urban life in Dujiangyan such as commercial district, traditional house, public school, street foods, and communal space. When each layer has its own issues and potentials, design proposal has a role as urban catalyst which propose thematic streets connecting those layers and become life cycle on the site. This integration will create different atmosphere of walking along the river because diverse program on the site which lead to sustainable society and resilient city.

Local Loop become an initial start of larger urban growth in Dujiangyan. It is started by creating integrated urban programs on the streets and encouraging local people who live in the city center near old town to establish sustainable habitat and will grow in city scale. The project is built gradually in order to fit with local contexts and time perspective. Firstly, design proposal will make commercial district as a gate to the site and provide homestay for tourist to experience local life in Dujiangyan. Then, optimizing limited space for urban farming which create social interaction, food security, and agriculture for edutourism. Furthermore, transforming old structures become cultural center and strengthen local industry by proposing culinary blocks. Lastly, designing social hub along the river to activate the spaces.