The city enters the countryside, the countryside enters the city.
One hour from Shanghai, a large rural territory with an ancient agricultural tradition is crushed between a growing industrial zone and a new city.
The idea is to create an agricultural park of 4 sq km inhabited by 8000 persons with low-density residential structures, preserving the agriculture and offering green spaces for the inhabitants.
The project calls for a group of elevated buildings on the streets, to create a perpendicular grid that floats over the countryside.
In the middle of this “agricultural central park” there are specialized farms that produce crops for the sustainable, profitable development of the countryside. The challenge is to create a new community with shared services, new activities and relationships, in tune with the territory.
Project elements:
- “one” – wishing tree
- “two” – Lo shu + holy field
- “three” – belvedere
- “four” – drying platform
- “five” – rainwater fountain
- “six” – barn
- “seven” – bird houses
- “eight” – hay barn
- “nine” – picnic pavillion
- golf driving range + agricultural staging station
- water taxi
- Bamboo court
- Swimming pool
- aquaculture
- Water plaza
- Main canal
- Acrobats theater
- Excange plaza
- labirinth + bike parking
- farm area
- pedestrian and bike path
- Orchard
- Elevated housing
- Badminton + parking
- Minigolf + parking
- Water court
- Bamboo bascket field
- Fragrance court
- Car parking
- Streets path under elevated housing
Aldo Cibic speaks about the project (italian only):
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mi permetto di segnalare un servizio che sarebbe molto utile allo sviluppo di aree rural-urbanizzate: http://cofarming.net . Almeno per quanto riguarda la gestione dei campi e del consumo di prodotti agricoli.
I love this concept. I can’t always decide if I am a city or a country girl. Honestly, I like both. I think this has an intelligent design and I wouldn’t mind living there.