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11.307 Beijing Urban Design Studio
Summer 2008
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Shougang Urban Nature
Tsinghua-MIT Beijing Urban Design Studio
July 2008
储㿴᳌ᵸ
㳃∌⟥⨤乌▻浹䖿䋄ⲣ⨤攠⇕ᵪ⚌Ⳁ婼婟伒⋆朷䖬
ⴲ㗆
Eric Gonzalez, Jae Kyung Kim, Yu Qi, Jennifer Tran,
and Xu Xu
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, com­
merce, offices, housing, and hotels. The project reorganizes the zoo to con­
nect 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?
婼婟尵㵎濣⡀ḓ䶗⚸◮ⳤ㘣山⟝䕂␄᳘ᶵỺ⍊ㆿᴃ䕂⋶ⷓ⅙濨⡀ḓ
墡ⁱ桔捠伊ⲣ䕂䏝㯹⍊ⲣḚ撬杖濨
婼婟悋㽷濣›朼ĩ榖⬀㧟㱆寷ĪƱĩḌ⬀㧟㱆寷Ī濕⋊㒴᳸⚌Ⳁ㊎
ṙ㖲⟘䕂‪ ⶾ㏼䤸撲Ʋ
婼婟⁃⩷濣◦⚸◮ᳫ墂⃐Ჾ᳨‪朵䕂Ⅶ䄧▫濕ᶣẁ庙桔捠◮⇸
䕂⁋ⶾ⊏ƲⅦ䄧▫侻ⳤ㘣ㆿ䶫᳋㑫䕂㱆寷仃濕敍䗾ᵸᶪ◦㨢优斄濕
⟘䢋⟘㛵䕂⚌Ⳁ⅝侻ᴝ敍ᴉ′尵濕⡀濣㐗佰Ʊ᷏撰Ʊ␄᳘Ʊ⅜‪Ʊ
ḍ⩃Ʊ⩼桄䨇濕Ჾ᳨ノ⅝䕂Ⅶ䄧▫⫄㓭悋㑮ⶾ⊏␄᳘⚸◮䕂Ὢ⇔
℀濤⋊㒴ハᶪ⫄Ⅶ䄧▫Ḛ᳸伒䮹堽幷䕂㫶⩘㭱⍊᳚幷⚌Ⳁ⇸䕂䵻
ⳤ濕⫄㑮⠅Ʊ⊕㧠庌䕂‪ 䤸撲ⳤ‣⚌Ⳁ堽幷⇸⚝Ʋ
bird’s eye view from the west
main program - zoo
Programs
green corridor
Tourists
Future
average value
peak value
Communication
Conservation
Recreation
Education
Reseach
12,000,000
21th century
7,000,000
Beijing Zoo
inhabit: mixed income housing
Urban safari
8,760,000
20th century
Conservation
Recreation
Education
Reseach
Forbidden City
6,000,000
Landscape immersion
19th century
Recreation
Education
Reseach
Summer Palace
5,000,000
develop nodes: mixed used
program near transportation
stations
Tranditional enclosures
Great Wall
before 1800
Demonstration of wealth
and power
Pleasure
Reseach
3,000,000
proft: commerce along main
roads and green corridors
Tranditional enclosures
Amusement Park
in Shenzhen
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䚞䞢ࡼ⠽ು
䚞䞢ࡼ⠽ು
6DIDULSDUNV
6DIDULSDUNV
䞢⫳ࡼ⠽ು
䞢⫳ࡼ⠽ು
$QLPDOWKHPHSDUNV
$QLPDOWKHPHSDUNV
ࡼ⠽Џ乬݀ು
ࡼ⠽Џ乬݀ು
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䏃䖍ࡼ⠽ು
䏃䖍ࡼ⠽ು
reuse and educate: satellite
campus for zoological and
ecological study and public
educaton
8UEDQVDIDUL
0
100
200
300
ජᏖ䞢⫳ࡼ⠽ು
connect program with program:
corridors along site’s width
400
500
600
700
800
million yuan
striate 2 & 3: central park and edge park
San Diego Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Tourists——restaurants——recreation——Shops——housing
Housing——residents——supermarkets——shopping malls
More tourists——expositions——offices
extend, and reorganize
city grid
Restaurants
Shops
Housing
Residents
Supermarkets
More tourists
Shops
City center
Phase2
park
Offices
the proposal
Phase1
zoo
Tourists
Expositions
river
Shopping mall
Recreation
park
commerce, housing,
education, offices...
Woodland Park Zoo
park
park
Riverbanks Zoo
education
commerce, housing,
education, offices...
striate 1: redevelop riverside with
2 million square meter zoo
buffer (landscape +program)
hotel
Beijing Zoo
Phase3
hotel
information
park
park
park
⻹ḑ婼婟
⯭⊏䉐⛔⑳⤎❲仦✗何ṵ㰟⮁㲚㻏㰛✗⌡Ə⊏䉐⛔⯠⤎Ỿ⻧㔥˛ạ
ồ⏖㋌㛰Ẓ⎾⊏䉐⛔⑳➵ⷩ㙖凛䙫䉠㜪Ə⏳㗝Ṇ僤Ἲ橳✏憵嶊Ḕ䔆
㴢䙫ḷ嶊˛
宥何㷬⌵⤎⭍䙫⇭㠈Əḡ⊏䉐⭍⑳䔆⿨⭍᷺ḁ䙫⭍䔆ồ暭Ḕ⭍ṇ㣴
䉐⑳⊏䉐䉐䦴㎷ᾂ宼橳⟡✗˛
䔏亦『䙫仦剙䩡旛⽉ㇷ⟡✗䙫人㝫㠭㞝Ə⹝享亮ạồ䙫㴢⊏˛䬰巄
䙫亦『䩡旛⑳檿⠻ḃ奦⏸⻝἟Ə崖䩦㕛ḑ⟡✗Ə⏳㗝἟⅌➵ⷩḔƏ
ὃḡ倻䳢➵ⷩ䔆㴢䙫交⸍˛
ZOO-zone A
furnace park
hotel
ZOO-zone B
restaurant
ZOO-zone C
landmark tower-hotel
ZOO-zone D
convention center
bamboo forest
aquarium
ZOO-zone E
animal hospital
market
education
zoo office
history museum
ZOO-zone F
cafeteria
ZOO-zone G
shop
ZOO-zone H
bird’s eye view from the east
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. Stu­
dents, 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, corri­
dors 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.
central park
green band
fingers
Land uses
residential
commercial
green area
multi-use
educational and public
industrial (technology)
green area and plaza
section A
inner transportation
river
hotel
0m
park
commerce
housing
50m
preserved buildings
the inner view of the hotel
the outside view of the hotel
road
zoo
furnace No.4 and the landmark hotel
marsh
Zooming In: The Panda Reserve
plan - panda area
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.
hotel
mini bamboo forest
zoology
department
student housing
zoology
library
ecology
department
In our proposal, Furnace 4 is converted into one of the main monorail sta­
tions. It is conventiently situated near the Panda Reserve, an area that will
surely become a major draw for the zoo.
student housing
zoology labs
mini bamboo forest
panda reserve
panda viewing
platform
plaza
兀㽷濣䁈䇩桄
covered walkway
housing
shopping
mall/
hotel
䎗㛰䙫↞⍛⠻⑳ᷧḑᷰ妹⽉䙫⻡䬸享⏯Ə㝫ㇷ䅱䌒業妩㙖⌡䙫⅌
⏊˛
mini bamboo forest
main
monorail
station
ᷧ䈮⯶杉䧖Ἥ勩⮭䙫䫠㝾人⏯㕀備⑳┭ḁḔ⾪ⷪ何Ə⯭⅓⛔⑳➵
ⷩ⇭晻⻧˛㕀備⑳┭ḁḔ⾪㍹⇾ṵ仦⋽⸍ḔƏạồ⏖Ọ态微忀Ẃ
仦⸍忂⅌⻡䬸Ə䅱䌒Ṇ⏖Ọ䔘㭋㎌徸䫠㝾Əạ⑳⊏䉐徿㛰㜡ἁ徸
巄䦢㎌姍˛
panda museum and
restaurant
shopping
mall/
✏宥守ḔƏ⏞檿䁰㘖ᷧḑḢ奨䙫⌼彏䫀䂠Ə⭪ḡ⊏䉐⛔䙫憴䂠
✗⌡ăă䅱䌒業㎷ᾂṭ㝨ḡᾦ㍞䙫ẋ态˛
mini bamboo forest
cafe and viewing tower
information and entrance
gate
section B
mountain
panda reserve
panda plaza
entrance
commerce
park
commerce
monorail
housing
panda hotel
0m
furnace 4
50m
central park
furnace-monorail station
the inner view of the furnace
monorail