1./ Aerial View of Site Night Scene

2. Existing ConditionsCurrently the site is home to the Taiyuan Shahe Retail Market and warehouse distribution, one of the regionslargest retail centers representing thousands of merchants and ten-of-thousands of products. The retail mar-ket is primarily made up of large and middle scale retail establishments and specialized market stalls. Retail-ers represent a vast array of soft and hard good products, merchandise, and service retail; including mens,womens and childrens clothing and accessories, toys, cosmetics, housewares, home decoration, fragrances,hardware, building materials, jewelry, electronics, food, etc.Although the market has increased in size over the years in an attempt to keep pace with demand and thegrowth of the city, the current size is still too small and ill-equipped to properly address amenities and ser-vice. The growth of the market has occurred with no master plan or overall design in place; thus, leaving itill-prepared to handle the increased volume, service and deliveries, vehicular trafc ow, security, and generalmaintenance. Current building conditions are poor, and a lack of maintenance has seen building structures andfoundations weakened. Management of the facility appears inadequate to manage and maintain the day-to-dayfunctions of a facility of this magnitude. The surrounding area is unkempt, disheveled and polluted, with noobvious conventional maintenance guidelines in place.Due to the present conguration of the market there is no organization to service and distribution, and there isno separation between service and shoppers. The roads entering and circulating through the project cannothandle the volume of vehicular trafc resulting in a high level of congestion.Graphically the market is visual chaos. This lack of discipline around an organized signing/waynding hierarchyadds to confusion for vehicular and pedestrian circulation. THE DETAILED PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR REBUILDING THE SHAHE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF TAIYUAN 10.4.2010 06-07 3. Design Concept Statement DWELLINGSUSTAINING CELEBRATING ...be at one with the dust of the earth....shapeclayintoavessel;itisthespace...thegentleandyieldingisthedisciple this is primal union... -Lao Tzuwithin that makes it useful... -Lao Tzuof life... -Lao Tzu 4. Proposed Site Plan BUILDING KEY AOffice Tower BStorage TowerCFeature RestaurantsDPower Plant E4 Levels of RetailFTruck Service Entry /GBike | Car Entry to Parking HConvenient Parking /JFront Street Office | Retail Access SITE PLAN ACTIVITY KEY 1 Green Pedestrian Bridge From Community 2Green Pedestrian Bridge From North Liberty Street3Formal Gardens 4Waterfall With Welcome Sign CENTRAL PARK -, 5North Geyser Fountain, Fountain Plaza, Amphitheater-6NorthwestActivityPlaza,MarketSquare,Chimes-7West Active Lawn, Picnic Area, Play Area -8Southwest Botanical garden, Zen Garden-9Northeast Stone Plaza, Evergreen Garden, Waterfall - 10East Bamboo Garden, Boulder garden11 Southeast Formal | Flowering Gardens-- 12South InteractivePlaySculptureLights,Mist,Color,Fire 5. /Aerial View of Site | Day Scene THE DETAILED PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR REBUILDING THE SHAHE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF TAIYUAN 10.4.2010 12-13 6. /Central Park Concept Programming//NORTH | CAREER | WATER // NORTHEAST | KNOWLEDGE | EARTH ,,,curves, ponds, fountains, chimes ,,,rocks, statues, stone, ceramics //NORTHWEST | TRAVEL | METAL //EAST | FAMILY | WOOD,,metal, furniture, chimes, decor ,,, trees, decks, wood, fountains // WEST | CHILDREN | METAL// SOUTH EAST | WEALTH | WOOD ,,metal, furniture, arches, play area ,, , trres, owers, wood, fountains // SOUTHWEST | PERSONAL | EARTH //SOUTH | FURNITURE | FIREpairs of objects, ,red, owers, re 7. / Perspective View of Feature Restaurant in Central Park THE DETAILED PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR REBUILDING THE SHAHE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF TAIYUAN 10.4.2010 14-15 8. / 1 2 Building Function | Level 1 Retail & Level 2 RetailThe commercial/retail levels occur on the four oors directly above the parking. We have preliminarily vertically merchandised the proj- ect as follows: Level 1 (+807.8): Restaurants, tea house, clothing, make up, wedding goods, etc. Level 2 (+813.9): Restaurants, food, textiles, toys, childrens goods, etc. Level 3 (+820.0): Restaurants, stationary, ceramics, arts and paintings, etc. Level 4 (+826.1): Restaurants, tea house, ofces, storage, etc. The site is arranged to take full advantage of the surrounding streets and its setting in the city. To the north and the east, public access is highlighted with many entrances and bridge connections into the project. There are many ways to enter the commercial/retail levels of the project. From the street, entrance points occur where each tower meets the plaza level, providing sufcient access to the proj- ect from any street. Internally, access points from the Central Park occur at the termination of cross paths (the paths connecting one side the other). Intermittingly throughout the retail plan, numerous cores ascend from parking levels to each of the retail oors through a series of escalators, elevators and stairs.U13, ,+807.8+813.9+820.0+826.1THE DETAILED PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR REBUILDING THE SHAHE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF TAIYUAN 10.4.2010 18-19 9. / 5 -20 Building Function | Level 5 - 20 Typical Office & Storage LEGEND Product storage is uniquely organized within 13 vertical towers strategi-BANK cally placed along the U-shaped building plan. The storage towers align RESTAURANT with vertical transportation nodes connecting the product receiving and distribution level, with the sales level, and the storage level. Throughout RETAIL the plan vendors are assured that there exists a direct physical relation- ship between the vendors selling oor area, to their product storage area, to the level of merchandise distribution, thus maximizing efciency and time.ELEVATOR CORE TOWER LOBBY CIRCULATIONPATH ESCALATOR THE DETAILED PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR REBUILDING THE SHAHE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF TAIYUAN 10.4.201020-21 10. E - W Building Cross Section Thru Project THE DETAILED PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR REBUILDING THE SHAHE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF TAIYUAN 10.4.2010 22-23 11. / Building | Site Elevation Along North Liberty Street 12. / Perspective View on Exterior Retail Concourse 13. Project AmenitiesThe proposed design recommends many amenities for the project,such as:1. The project landscape criteria will outline a hierarchy and variety offurnishings, including benches, chairs, trash receptacles, restrooms, andtelephone booths. These items will be placed in a pattern providing con-venient access to the pedestrian. The landscape criteria will also outlinea species schedule, identifying a Varity of trees, shrubs and owers.2. Central Park will have multiple water features, interactive and passivesculptures, programmed areas for theater, music, art and fashion shows,and retail kiosks and carts.3. Inside the retail complex, a network of restrooms and public tele-phones provide convenience. 1. 2. 3. THE DETAILED PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR REBUILDING THE SHAHE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF TAIYUAN10.4.201026-27 14. Perspective View of Feature Office Building 15.