Tulane Regional Urban Design Center
Student Work Jintang, China
Professor Grover Mouton Design Urbanism Seminar Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
Spring 2014
Overview
This project focuses on the examination and development of a new town for the county of Jintang, Chengdu, China. A satellite city just outside of the Western Chinese city of Chengdu, Jintang is slated to double its population in the coming 20-25 years, and seeks planning strategy and designs to accommodate planned growth. Students dealt with real site issues and, building on the TRUDC’s existing relationships with government officials in Jintang, including collaboration with officials from the American Planning Association (APA), examined existing conditions, developed infrastructure connectivities, planned neighborhoods and communities, and created architectural design guidelines that the client can use to help guide development in the coming years.
Site
The site for this project is upon the eastern side of one of the two rivers that transect the existing city of Jintang, China. The existing development of the city expanded outwards from the confluence of the two rivers. The “old city” sits at the peninsula where the rivers meet and development has historically been eastward. There is a space north of the old city where development has not expanded into and some students took on the area in addition to the larger eastern site in order to create greater connectivity between the new and old cities. The area is almost entirely flat with almost no existing development upon the site except for a set of three universities that are situated near the base of the mountains that form the edge of the site. A couple of mountain streams meander through the site and students were encouraged to take their presence into account when planning the city. Unlike the clear mountain streams, the river itself is fairly polluted(as are most rivers in the region) but some effort has been made to improve the water quality and make it a desirable commodity for recreation in the future. A small, uninhabited, man-made island is situated at the bend of the river and students were encouraged to incorporate the island into their designs along with the other existing factors. Two existing bridges cross the river and students took various approaches to expand the crossability of the river.
Program
Several program and districting criteria were given to the students to guide them in the design of the new city. Civic program that needed to placed on the site includes a small stadium, an arena, a library, a cultural center/museum, a small visitor’s center, and a public park(s). They were encouraged to use these pieces of programming to help layout and define the new development area. Students focused upon the creation of separate districts such as; Arts, Residential, Culture/ Museum, Central Business District, Waterfront/Canal, Gateway (entry to the new town), Parks/Recreation, and Downtown Shopping. Through the creation of a set of design guidelines, students endeavored to generate, and quantify, the experiential qualities that they wished to impart upon the different districts of the city keeping in mind ideas about density, greenspace, and transportation/pedestrian networks. Students were also encouraged to question the typical accepted programs and networks by adding components that they felt would work positively within their individual scheme.
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Low Density Residential -Larger Single Family Homes
-Height Limit: 40’ Urban Farm Plots
-Private and Public Plots -Support for the City -Tourist Attraction -Man Made Object Height Limit: 20’
CBD
-High Density -Height Limit: 500’
Multi-Family Homes -Views of River -Height Limit: 50’
University Satellite Campus
-Farm Based Education for University -Small Classrooms/Barns/Storage
Commercial
-Shopping -Pedestrian/Bikes Only Height Limit: 75’
Cultural
-Museums and Art Galleries -Pedestrian/Bikes Only Height Limit: 75’
Main University Campus Higher Density Residential -Smaller Single Family Homes -Multi-Family Homes -University Housing -Grocery Stores/Health Amenities -Height Limit: 75’
City Zones
Uses and Maximum Heights
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Pedestrian Road Major Road Primarily Residential Primarily Commercial/Retail/Cultural
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Arena Museum Stadium
Visitors Center
Museums
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Low Density Residential Open Area: 50%
Urban Farm Plots Open Area: 80%
CBD
Open Area: 15%
Multi-Family Homes Open Area: 40%
University Satellite Campus
Commercial/Cultural District Open Area: 20%
Main University Campus Higher Density Residential Open Area: 30%
Density and General Building Heights
Minimum Open Area
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City Aerial View Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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Low Density Residential -Larger Single Family Homes
-Height Limit: 40’
Urban Farm Plots
-Private and Public Plots -Support for the City -Tourist Attraction -Man Made Object Height Limit: 20’
Multi-Family Homes -Views of River -Height Limit: 50’
Residential Waterfront Detail
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Multi-Family Housing and Urban Farm Land Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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225’ 150’
Central Business District
10’ 10’ 10’ 15’
50’ Maximum Height
Multi-Family Homes and Urban Farms
30’ Maximum Height
Site Sections
Heights
Low Density Residential
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8’ Side Walks
25’ Street
6’
7’
25’
8’
Median
Street
Side Walks
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6’
Side Walks Green Space Side Walks
25’
20’
8’
Setback
Street
Setback
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Street Condition
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Central Business District Downtown Tulane Regional Urban Design Center
Arena and Commercial Boardwalk Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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JINTANG NEW DISTRICT
URBAN PLANNING PROPOSAL
JESSIE CUI 5th Year Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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Design Urbanism A06 Urban Plan
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Design Urbanism A06 Density Diagram
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Sports Public Park
Inside-block Shared Green Spaces
Mountain Side Sports Club & Stadium Public Park with Stream Shopping District Recreational Park
Public Park Mountain Side
Arena Landscape Recreational Park Inside-block Shared Green Spaces
University Green Buffer Zone
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LOW DENSITY RESIDENCE DIST
2-4 Floor High single family villas, with 30m x 30m private courtyards. Houses within each block are developed by the same developer, inside landscape included as shared activity space.
SHOPPING DISTRICT
Scattered around the river streams and the public green spaces, creating different shopping environments throughout the city.
MIX-USE DISTRICT
With the stream going through the district, forming the inside landscape for each blocks, the district is mostly composed of 6 to 10 floor high residential buildings. The buildings close to the CBD and shopping area can be used as offices and commerical buildings.
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
office buildings up to 35 floors high, with the center area of each block kept open for parking or landscape.
ART & CULTURE DISTRICT
Close to the universities, this area, with the smallest block size, is designed to be a walkable areas for individual art studios and galleries.
HIGH DENSITY RESID. DISTRICT 8 to 12 floor residential buildings with shared green spaces inside the blocks.
Zoning Map
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POLITICAL CENTER
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
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RECREATIONAL CENTER
BUSINESS CENTER
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CULTURAL CENTER
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LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA + PUBLIC GREEN SPACE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL BLOCK Each Block is developed and sold by a developer, with shared green space inside the block. Each household has a 30m x 30m private yard. Parking spaces are provided either inside the courtyard or on the side of the inside streets.
STADIUM + SPORTS CLUB GREEN COORIDOR + COMMERCIAL ( rendering next page)
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HIGH DENSITY BUSINESS + RESIDENTIAL RIVERSIDE SHOPPING STREET Connecting the two green corridors and the riverside public park is the shopping street that runs on both side of the river stream between the main area and the island. With wide boardwalk between the shopping malls and the river, the area can also be used for open air market , ourdoor cafes, etc. MIX-USE AREA WITH RIVER STREAM CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
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HIGH DENSITY BUSINESS + RESIDENTIAL VISITOR’S CENTER ARENA In the portal area to the new part of the city, and locates in the center of the CBD, the arena is supported by the parking lot behind it and the administration and service comlex on the side of the main building. MUSEUM OF JINTANG PUBLIC LIBRARY ART AND CULTURE DISTRICT With the smallest block size inside the new city, this district is characterized by its varied building appearances and arrangements, as well as its walkable scale. It is designed for art and culture studios and activities for the university students as well as for the citizens.
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Design Urbanism Jintang PETER HENSELER GRAD YR 1 Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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-- major roads running parallel to river’s “bend” gradient [river-mountain] by districting -- river - mountain green // arts // commercial // business // mixed use // arts // universities // mountains
-- intersection of two major lines at “crook” of river, where mountain streams and island are also located
-- island prominence provides entertainment (stadium) + commercial environment
-- museum proximities to public parks and university
-- business district proximity to commercial areas and high-density city center [existing]
-- small-scale housing located north of city [away from Chengdu artery]
-- mixed-use housing located near arts districts and universities
Strategy Tulane Regional Urban Design Center
Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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LIGHT RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL + RESIDENTIAL
PUBLIC PARKS
BUSINESS
COMMERCIAL
RECREATION + EDUCATION
Districts Tulane Regional Urban Design Center
Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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LIGHT RESIDENTIAL
HOUSING + CHANNELS
ISLAND STADIUM
PARK + MUSEUM
PARK + COMMERCIAL
Program Tulane Regional Urban Design Center
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Density Tulane Regional Urban Design Center
Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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max height 140’
Street Section Business District
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25’
4’
Pedestrian
Bike + “Bumper”
22’
14
116’ CORRID
TALL BUILDING HEIGHTS PAIRED WITH WIDE SIDEWALKS FOR “DOWNTOWN FEEL” TALLER GROUND FLOOR REQUIREMENTS MEDIAN PROVIDES PLANTING OPPORTUNITIES AND TURNING LANES (IMPROVED TRAFFIC FLOW, OPPOSITE OF NEW ORLEANS) GARAGE PARKING ONLY BIKE LANES NOT SEPARATED FROM STREET, LESS BICYCLCE TRAFFICE EXPECTED. EXTRA SPACE USED BY CARS.
4’
22’
DOR WIDTH
4’
Bike + “Bumper”
25’
Pedestrian
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WIDER CORRIDORS IN ARTS DISTRICTS ALLOW FOR ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION STREET-PARKING ALLOWED, ACTIVITY WIDE SIDEWALKS PROMOTE FOOT TRAFFIC AND/OR OUTDOOR DINING, GALLERIES, SHOPPING, ETC. CORRIDOR PROPORTIONS ALLOW SUNLIGHT TO STREET LEVEL WHILE ALLOWING FIVE STORIES OF DEVELOPMENT HEIGHT max height 65’
Street Section Arts District
18’
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10’
10’
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Parking
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10’
Parking
86’ CORRIDOR WIDTH
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4’
18’
NARROW, ONE-WAY RESIDENTIAL SIDE STREETS TREE-LINED ONE-WAY STREETS STREET TIGHTNES, TREE COVERAGE, AND CORRIDOR WIDTH PROMOTE FOOT TRAFFIC AND UNIFIED NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL BIKE AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC SEPARATED BY TREES, OFFERING GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR TREE CANOPY OVER ROADS
max height 40’
Street Section Residential
12’
4’
4’
12’
4’
4’
12’
52’ CORRIDOR WIDTH
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Mountain Steams
Parks
Civic Buildings Pvt Mansions Housing Public Plazas
Plan Development // Channel Housing Mixed-Use // Residential // Cultural // Business
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Museum + Park Stadium Dev. Stadium
Housing Arrangement “Plazas� Public Channels
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Jintang Urban Plan
Leslie Katz 2nd Year Graduate Student Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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Leslie Katz
Design Urbanism
Assignment 01
NEW YORK CITY
Precedent Analysis
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PARIS
JINTANG
Manhattan, NewManhattan York City
Paris
Paris
Jintang
Jintang
URBAN FABRIC | the city
Union Square, NewManhattan York City Union Square,
Placedesdes Vosges, Place Vosges, Paris Paris
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Jintang Jintang
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Parti Diagram
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Low Density Residential Medium Density Mixed Use High Density Commercial Low Density University | Cultural
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Low Density Uses:
Residential, Institutional, Commercial, Recreation Max. Height: 30 ft Min. Setbacks: 3 ft (side) Open Space: 30%
Medium Density Uses:
Commercial, Residential, Institutional, Light Industrial Recreation Max. Height: 50 ft Min. Setbacks: None Open Space: 20%
High Density Uses:
Commercial, Residential, Institutional, Industrial Recreation Max. Height: 80 ft Min. Setbacks: None Open Space: 20%
Cultural | University Uses:
Residential, Institutional, Commercial Recreation Max. Height: 50 ft Min. Setbacks: None Open Space: 40%
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Local sports/activity park Athletic fields for children’s sports and activities Walking/Biking trails Playground Community garden
Cultural Park Buildings within a landscape Sculpture garden
Professional Sports Park Stadium and arena for professional teams Park space that supports stadiums
Waterfront Park Boardwalk Walking/biking trails
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Low Density Residential
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10’
10’
SETBACK
BIKE LANE
PARKING
PARKING
SETBACK BIKE LANE
15’ 3’ 8’
8’ 3’ 15’
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Medium Density
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10’
10’
SIDEWALK
BIKE LANE
PARKING
PARKING
SIDEWALK BIKE LANE
15’ 3’ 8’
8’ 3’ 15’
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High Density
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15’
20’
SIDEWALK
20’
PARKING BIKE LANE
MEDIAN
PARKING
SIDEWALK BIKE LANE
15’ 3’ 8’
8’ 3’
15’ Spring 2014
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Museums and Libraries
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JINTANG, CHINA Master Plan Development Miles Kozatch 4th Year MArch Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
Spring 2014
JINTANG. Current Population: 870,000 people Part of Chingdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China.
Projected Population: 2,000,000 people District and zoning development Amenities distribution and design
This development plan focuses on urban and economic expansion, placing Jintang on the map as a city with a thriving urban core. The new Jintang integrates the existing ecosystems into lush public parks, it provides clean living and high-quality accessible amenities. Jintang has an existing center on the convergence of three small rivers, near the base of a low mountain range. The city’s population is currently focused here.
NEW DEVELOPMENT - Medium density Central Business District - River Park & Highline - Center of Commerce - Roads, Bridges, Landscape - Public University
- Mixed-use Residential - Two Private Universities - Port & Arena
MASTER PLAN
Central Business District
Shopping + Tourism
Education + University
Residential + Mixed Use
Central Core + Public Space
POPULATION DENSITY
Medium Density Residential
Center of Commerce
High Density Residential
Waterfront Public Space
Central Core + Public Space
GREEN FABRIC
Waterfront
City Park
Urban Lawns
Introverted Courtyards
Central Core + Public Space
Technology + Innovation
Highline + Island Park
Museums + Galleries
Arena + Waterfront
Iconic Architecture
Sports + Recreation
Music + Theater
Cultural Center
Riverfront Public Space
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Livable Jintang Sumner Miller 4th Year Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
Spring 2014
New Orleans Grid
A variety of block shapes to encourage unique architecture and building types
Small (approx. 175-425’), walkable and flexible blocks Arterial at-grade boulevards to carry incoming traffic The networks flexibility allows conversion of some streets into pedestrian and some blocks into public spaces.
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New York Grid
The nodes serve as high activity centers for neighborhoods. They would contain either a city square, urban park or farm that would be surrounded by stores and services used daily.
Copenhagen Square
Urban Park
Nodes Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
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Buildings
Secondary Roads Secondary Squares
Pedestrian Streets
City Squares
Major Roads
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High speed arteries would be limited to promote a pedestrian and biker friendly streetscape. 20’
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Buildings would be limited to 6 stories on major roads, and 5 on smaller ones, with exceptions allowed where required
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Using many secondary streets to move traffic instead fewer large ones increases the networks carrying capacity and congestion from accidents by providing drivers with many different route options.
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All streets on the network would be two way to provide the most flexible and efficient street grid possible.
Smaller streets could be made even safer by imposing traffic calming measures and limiting through streets in residential areas.
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The small spaces lining the pedestrian street create pocket parks or extra outdoor seating for cafes
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Pedestrian Streets Spring 2014
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Expanding the population around mixed use activity centers allows the population to moved in either rapidly or in phases, leaving space for future growth. As the centers become larger, they will start to merge, creating a decentralized network of interconnected public spaces
Network Creation Density
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Athletic Center
Commercial Area
Museum District
Social District
Residential/Mixed Use
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Business District
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Jintang
Urban Planning Proposal
Sanaa Shaikh 4th Year Interpretive Urban Design Seminar
Spring 2014
The district organization of Jintang begins with the idea of
LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL / low rise family homes, low rise apartment buildings, luxury housing near water / HEIGHT: 40’ / FLOORS: 1-4 / SIDEWALKS: 4’ / STREET WIDTH: 40’
pocket green space and really creating a commercial space near the river. Residential spaces are located at either end of the
COMMERCIAL & MIXED USE / commercial spaces along with residential and some business spaces / HEIGHT: 70’ / FLOORS: 1-7 / SIDEWALKS: 10’ / STREET WIDTH: 50’
site, the CBD is located towards the mountains and more populated highways, while the commercial, arts, and culture
CENTRAL BUISINESS DISTRICT / high rise offices towers, government buildings, luxury residential / HEIGHT: 250’ / FLOORS: 5-25 / SIDEWALKS: 8’ / STREET WIDTH: 70’
districtes are located right up against the water to create a sense of community around it.
HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL / high rise apartment buildings, affordable housing, student housing, family housing / HEIGHTS: 100’ / FLOORS: 5-10 / SIDEWALKS: 8’ / STREET WIDTH: 60’
The green space along the edge of the river almost becomes a kind of recreation and arts and commercial spine for the entire disrict plan. Finally, the idea of introducing small amounts of green space
ARTS & CULTURE / museums, visitors centers, arts, education, residential, some commercial space, galleries, performance spaces / HEIGHTS: 50’ / FLOORS 1-5 / SIDEWALKS: 10’ / STREET WIDTH: 40’
UNIVERSITY / things which have to do with the university along with arts and cultural centers / HEIGHTS: 60’ / FLOORS: 1-6 / SIDEWALKS: 4’ / STREET WIDTH: 60’
here and there within a more dense environment, for example within the CBD through the use of meandering streams and
MIXED USE / a combination of residential, arts & culture, commercial, and central business / HEIGHT: 60’ / FLOORS: 1-6 / SIDEWALKS: 10’ / STREET WIDTH: 50’
the gardens they might create, is a large part of this scheme, particularly within the residential districts.
PUBLIC PARK & RIVER FRONT / includes stadium and sports centers along with public parks and other small scale commercial amenities / HEIGHT: 70’ / FLOORS: 1-7 / SIDEWALKS: 4’ / STREET WIDTH: 40’
District Organization
Planning and Possible View Ideas
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LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL & MIXED USE
CENTRAL BUISINESS DISTRICT
HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
ARTS & CULTURE
UNIVERSITY
MIXED USE
PUBLIC PARK & RIVER FRONT
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The images shown here and previously when discussing district organization, provide a glimpse into what Jintang might posibly look like with these ideas for urban planning. The Sports Center, Stadium, Arena, and Visitor’s Center begin to form a kind of recreational edge that places itself within the lush greenscape right next to the water. This will emphasize Jintang as a water town and bring more possible people there. The Museum and Library are located within the arts and culture district which connects the water and green space and recreational spaces to the university park and the university which is already in Jintang. Finally, the entire edge along the river of Jintang acts as a kind of Public Park with a large boardwalk winding you down the side of the river and around the various recreational spaces you will see.
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PUBLIC PARK ARENA VISITOR’S CENTER SPORT’S CENTER STADIUM MUSEUM LIBRARY
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The density diagram shows how the CBD is pushed towards the far right of the side, away from the water’s edge and the more recreational, arts, culture, and commercial space located there. This also displays how the various points of recreation create highly dense locations among the Public Park along the water.
Building Heights and Densities
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The blocks within Jintang range from qite large to that of a moderate size. This allows for varying diversity when it comes to building arrangement, particularly with the CBD which becomes almost like an alphabet city with the two streams cutting through it and providing open air green spaces. These open air green spaces are also sprinkled throughout the residential blocks as pocket parks.
Jintang Urban Plan with Buildings
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CENTRAL BUISINESS DISTRICT / high rise offices towers, government buildings, luxury residential / HEIGHT: 250’ / FLOORS: 5-25 / SIDEWALKS: 8’ / STREET WIDTH: 70’
COMMERCIAL & MIXED USE / commercial spaces along with residential and some business spaces / HEIGHT: 70’ / FLOORS: 1-7 / SIDEWALKS: 10’ / STREET WIDTH: 50’
LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL / low rise family homes, low rise apartment buildings, luxury housing near water / HEIGHT: 40’ / FLOORS: 1-4 / SIDEWALKS: 4’ / STREET WIDTH: 40’
These sections show how within the CBD district, the cars get a layer of privacy from the pedestrians on the sidewalk, and the bike lane becomes almost a part of the sidewalk itself as it is not inherently fixed with the road. In the residential section, there is still somewhat of a want for privacy within your own home, but the lanes are far smaller. Finally within the commercial section there is no want of privacy and the entire vista is clear.
Street Sections
Looking at the CBD, Commercial, and Residential Districts
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Rendering
Boardwalk Along Stadium
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Rendering
River Snaking its way Through the CBD
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Rendering
View of Pocket Gardens in Hiigh Density Residential
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