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11.307 Beijing Urban Design Studio
Summer 2008
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Beijing Urban Design Studio Summer 2008 WHY SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS TO CHINA RIGHT NOW Industry's share of GDP
Industry
Health problems
Resources Scarcity
for people
46%
Air pollution In micrograms per cubic meter
7A
U.S. Singapore CHINA
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Pollution
Resource
use
China has one-fifth as much water
per capita as the United States.
U.S. China
Tsinghua I MIT Beijinc rban Desian Studio Industrial Water Use, per unit of production
Other China
industrial
SUSTAINABILITY IN CHINA: AN EMERGING INDUSTRY
Demand is increasing for green building Construction Ministry: Buildings must be 50% more efficient by 2010 2007 2010 Energy Plan: Double the share of renewable energy by 2020 2007 2020
CHINESE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO GIVE TAX INCENTIVES TO
BOOST ENERGY SAVINGS AND RENEWABLE SECTORS
SITE CONTEXT
Beijing: East / West Axis
Shijingshan Mountain
Yong Ding River
Pre-Industrial History
Famous steel producing site
Factory closing due to pollution
Skilled workforce available
Dramatic vertical structures
MASTER
PLAN
ILLUSTRATIVE SITE PLAN GREEN NETWORK
AND WETLAND SYSTEM CIRCULATION BEIJING SUBWAY
TRAM STOP
HOUSING
and
RESEARCH
CLUSTERS
COMMERCIAL
AND
MANUFACTURING
PHASING
DEVELOPMENT
OVER TIME TRANSIT HUB TRANSIT HUB TRANSIT HUB AND WETLANDS AREA
BLAST FURNACE / EXHIBITION CENTER
BLAST FURNACE / EXHBITION CENTER SECTIONS
BLAST FURNACE / EXHIBITION CENTER
BLAST FURNACE / EXHIBITION CENTER
BLAST FURNACE /
EXHIBITION CENTER
View looking north
BLAST FURNACE /
EXHIBITION CENTER
Perspective view