Project Background

The project is located at Caijia, Beibei District of Chongqing, China, which is an crucial plot for the northward development of Chongqing. Under urbanization of the region , the original ecological system of the site was destroyed and turned into a wasteland. Now a spatial pattern dominated by three ecosystems, hilly terrain, wetlands and ponds (fish ponds) has been formed.

Rethinking The Future Awards 2021
First Award |  Public Landscape (Concept)

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Design Intention:

Reactivating the lost space (abandoned corner) in the city and turn the site into cultural&athletic wetland park.

1. Reshape the relationship between human and nature
2. Create a sustainable ecosystem and provide ecological experience
3. Publicize ecological science knowledge&awareness
4. Inherit historical and cultural memory(straw-dragon art)
5. Develop an community open space for leisure activities

Design Proposal

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——–overall plan

The 5 zones : cultural entrance plaza, kids playground, central diverse sports field, wetland, ecological lake.

——–system design

Cultural system: Dominated by the “straw-dragon” culture, combining Bayu farming culture and ecological knowledge spreading.

Sports system: leisure sports for all generation, highly accessible and barrier-free design, combined with the surrounding pleasant environment, family entertainment destination, providing more inter-generational communication.

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Ecosystem: By adopting rain and flood management measures such as ecological wetlands, rain gardens, ecological dry streams, ecological grass-planting ditches, permeable paving, sinking green spaces, etc., this park has good flexibility to adapt environmental changes and respond to natural disasters caused by heavy rainfall. Therefore, the park has multiple functions to water processing so that the community sports cultural ecological park also becomes a sponge park.

Project Conclusion

Tongpan Community Sports Culture Park is not only an expression of history and culture, but also a dynamic space of ecological interaction. It redefines the relationship among the park, the city and people, and aims to solve the problems, demands and visions existing in current community. This projects provides a new recreational, cultural and artistic areas for tourists and residents. In addition, it is also a forward-looking performance of sustainable practices, and plays an important example role in improving the quality of the urban environment.