Chengdu Talent Park Planning and Design
Kuanzhai Alley, Chunxi Road, Tianfu Square, and the recent Taikoo Li: from street-scale, shopping malls to large commercial complexes, although Chengdu has been continuously planned and transformed in an ever-changing environment, the flavor of life that permeates this city has all been formed unintentionally and naturally. Chengdu is a driving force within China's rapid development wave, a pearl in the southwest, yet she has not lost herself to the impact of globalization. (Perhaps the Chengdu dialect has a natural energy to resist external erosion.) What attracts most talents and tourists is not Chengdu's metropolitan characteristics, but her authentic local color.
During my days studying in Chengdu, I witnessed the rise of Chengdu's new generation. They dare to express their views, boldly innovate, and also demonstrate a high sense of social responsibility. Their culture is so diverse, their creativity so extraordinary, and their ability to easily navigate between contemporary Chinese and world cultures has provided us with ideas and inspiration.
- Release:
- 2022
- Task:
- Architectural Design
- Designer:
- Tang Yifei / togihi
Chengdu Talent Park Planning and Design
Type | Architectural Design
This project is a challenge for us: to transform the government's ambitions, expectations from all walks of life, and an astonishingly rich project program into a planning proposal that is interesting yet serious, carefully planned yet natural and casual, grand yet intimate, Chinese in character yet international, iconic yet practical, reasonable yet full of surprises. The site itself is an ideal location that can provide both density and open space; surrounded by CBD, schools, hospitals, residences, corporate headquarters, art museums — it is both the city's most bustling commercial center and a personal haven, with stunning scenery that is almost fairy-tale like.
We attempt to shape the Chengdu Talent Park into a microcosm of the Heavenly City of Chengdu, combining urban density with nature — both busy and leisurely. What surprises us is that this attempt manages to preserve vast open spaces and urban green areas while accommodating a large number of activity facilities. Beyond the basic construction plan required by the project, we decided to provide an additional blueprint integrating culture, art, and technology. We collaborated with planners, architects, landscape designers, and the best contemporary Chinese artists to formulate this blueprint based on input from all parties. By doing so, we aim to build upon existing cultural facilities to establish a space for thinking, creating, interacting, and participating.
—— Reshaping Design RIDS