Access to the Inside
Kyuree Kim, Albert Wei, Bao Wei, Cindy Wu, Feng Yu
We strive to create a new model
of development, a modern
dan-wei that provides shelter and
employment across the spectrum
of socio-economic classes in
Beijing. For those at the lower
end of a hierarchical society, we
seek to provide access to the
“inside.” This access is spatial,
realized in a logistics corridor that
brings everyday goods to the
Third Ring Road for distribution
to the inner city. This access is
also social and economic - along
the logistics corridor are live-work
communities that provide job
training linked to job opportunities, basic health care, primary
and adult education, and public
spaces to its residents. The Sun
Palace site is one such example.
It houses 5,500 residents in
2,100 units of housing, with the
opportunity for all 2,400 current
residents to have the option of
remaining on the site.
Status Quo
Official Master Plan
Proposed Alternative
The current trajectory of Beijing’s urbanization is heading toward a central city based on administration and office, modern services, and the tourism industry. Manufacturing and logistics would be
located in satellite cities outside of the city. As an alternative, we propose a series of mixed-use,
live-work wedges that connect the rural periphery to urban Beijing at the Third Ring Road. These
wedges include affordable housing and job training for migrant people, economic development program based on the urban-rural connection, neighborhood based- and city focused- commercial.
Village / Hutong Residential
High-rise Residential
Proposed Wedge
Logistics Program
Live-Work Program
Green Path
The governance and economic
structure of the residential and
commercial aspects of the site
are where the principles of the
site are realized. The quasigovernmental Land Trust will
own all of the land on the site.
They will sell the development
rights to individual private developers in who, in return, must
dedicate a percentage of their
profits to the Trust and also sell
a portion of the housing back to
the Trust. The Trust will be responsible for preserving affordable housing and small business opportunities on the site.
residential
commercial
park
other
village
industry
farmland
lease business space to
grants commerical and residntial
development rights to
Support Services
Organization
education
job
training
health community
center
clinic
individual
entrepreneurs
buy shares in
residents
returns percentage of profits
uses for-profit entities to finance
Sun Palace Community Land Trust
Logistics
Corporation
pay rent to corporation
This diagram demonstrates the urbanized and yet-to-be urbanized
lands in Beijing. The Sun Palace site is located at the edge of the
urbanized fabric. Our proposal seeks to create a new model for
urbanization that considers the changing economic and social makeup of Beijing.
puts profits back in land trust
gives management authority to
vacant land
Private
Developers
30%
64,917 sq. m
29%
63,000 sq. m
Office
Housing
Factory
4%
8,984 sq. m
Retail
Support Services
12%
25,904 sq. m
Marketplace
13%
27,507 sq. m
12%
26,418 sq. m
circulation
east / west section
north / south section
public space
land use
education typology
housing typology
A modular architecture for porosity
South Residential
Market Commercial
North Residential
Wholesale market extends for the north-south length of the wall (replaces 60% of space in the two existing neighborhood wholesale markets slated for demolition)
Open ramp down from market plaza,
under commercial buildings
Modules for retail
and residential
program are
flexible and may
be tailored to the
user
Egress through stairs
& elevators (to
residential levels)
Flue for exhaust
Live-work units in rear
Duplex or Single Apts
(priority to shopkeepers)
Retail
Wholesale Market
Transfer Station
Sub-grade logistics supercorridor
with hydraulic buffering
Market level with exits
to all 4 corners (-5m)
Station level (-10m)
Parking
Buried
logistics
corridor
(cut & cover)
“the wall”
Ms. Zhang is a working professional, an
architect. She is a Beijing native and
was lured to the Sun Palace Community
because of its walkable nature. She
lives in the same building as Ms. Wang
and they are friends. On a typical day,
Ms. Zhang will go to work at her office in
“the wall” and then have a lunch meeting
with clients in one of the restaurants on
the lower floors. After work, she likes to
take leisurely walks through the site’s
many public spaces.
“the wall”
Mr. Li migrated to Beijing from rural
China when farming was no longer a
viable occupation. He was able to receive job training in packaging and
light machine operation and currently
works at the factory in the northwest
corner of the Sun Palace Community.
His job is only a short walk from the
dormitory housing in which he lives
and the health clinic where he gets
regular check-ups. Once a week, in
the evening, Mr. Li participates in literacy training at the adult education
center.
education center
Ms. Wang moved to the Sun Palace Community from Hebei with her
young daughter. She has a love for food and currently works in flagship, organic restaurant on the site. Her shift begins after she drops
her daughter off at the elementary school every morning. Most days,
she shops by the marketplace after work to buy fresh produce to cook
dinner for her family. They live in one of the affordable units on the site
but Ms. Wang hopes to save enough money to move into one of the
shop houses and open her own restaurant.
housing typology
marketplace