URBAN DESIGN

URBAN PLANNING

LANDSCAPE

CONSULTING

CULTURAL

HOUSING

COMMERCIAL

OFFICE

MIXED USE

Waterfornt community

Ningbo

2004
5.7 ha
160,000 sqm

 

Our intention for the master plan of this area was to understand and document the formal and functional principles of traditional Chinese canal housing types, which are sophisticated manipulations of public, semi-public and private space. These principles have then been implemented in a new plan, designed for modern urban dwellers.