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11.307 Beijing Urban Design StudioSummer 2008

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Shougang Urban Nature 储㿴ᵸ Tsinghua-MIT Beijing Urban Design Studio 㳃∌⟥⨤�乌▻浹䖿䋄ⲣ⨤攠⇕ᵪ⚌Ⳁ婼婟伒⋆朷䖬

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Eric Gonzalez, Jae Kyung Kim, Yu Qi, Jennifer Tran, and Xu Xu

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main program - zoo green corridor

The proposal situates a 2 million square meter zoo on the current Shougang Iron and Steel Factory site. Considered a catalyst for the redevelopment of the industrial site, the zoo attracts multiple programs of education, leisure, com­merce, offices, housing, and hotels. The project reorganizes the zoo to con­nect the river to the rest of the city, introducing novel and accessible public spaces to the western part of Beijing.

The conceptual backbone of the project rests on the notion of “high” and “low” and the desire to increase public space in the city. How can the site become a sustainable and profitable attraction while accomodating unemployed steel

and iron workers?

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bird’s eye view from the east

ZOO-zone A

ZOO-zone B

ZOO-zone C

ZOO-zone D

ZOO-zone E

ZOO-zone F history museum

education

bamboo forest

furnace park

convention center

market

ZOO-zone G

ZOO-zone H

aquarium

animal hospital

cafeteria

shop

zoo office

landmark tower-hotel

hotel

restaurant

The Masterplan

The masterplan acknowledges the riverside as a potential site of leisure for both locals and tourists. The proposed zoo and green areas occupy the riverside in a gesture of publicness. The zoo, as we imagine, is open to the public for a nominal fee. Not to be mistaken for an overly idealistic masterplan, however, the project includes exclusive hotels and priveleged views of the zoo and the city. Those who can afford the experience, may pay to live in the wilderness.

The project is more than just a tourist site. We propose a satellite campus of Tsinghua University. Students from the Departments of Zoology and Ecology will conveneintly study plants and animal species on a first-hand basis. Stu­dents, faculty, and support staff may comprise a permament population of the Shougang site.

Linear green spaces organize the site and activities. A developer’s dream, the central park offers scenic views from flanking buildings. Additionally, corri­dors of landscape and program run across the width of the site -from the river to the eastern edge. These finger-like corridors both separate zones within the zoo, and extend into the city, acting as strips of circulation. Placed equidistant from each other, each finger generally includes a monorail stop and direct en­

trance into the zoo.

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plan - panda area

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Zooming In: The Panda Reserve

Existing cooling towers and a triangular shaped plaza mark the entrance to panda viewing area.

A buffering zone of mini bamboo forests and educational and commercial programs separate the zoo from the city. These programs are arranged in alternating bands, allowing pandas access to bamboo and people access to buildings.

In our proposal, Furnace 4 is converted into one of the main monorail sta­tions. It is conventiently situated near the Panda Reserve, an area that will surely become a major draw for the zoo.

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