The concept adopts the ideals of the traditional European city, combining them with a revo-lutionary idea: A circular lake with a 2.5 km diameter forms the core. The image of concentric waves, produced by a drop hitting the water surface, is the principle metaphoric image of the overall city structure. The use structure is divided into radial rings from the inside to the outside: promenade, business district with high density, 500 meter wide ring-shaped city park, block-like residential districts for 13,000 people each situated along radial roads accord-ing to the principle of a compass card. Wedges of landscape reach into the city as far as the second ring. Watercourses and small lakes penetrate all districts.
Competition
2002/2003 – 1st Prize
Design
Meinhard von Gerkan
Partner
Nikolaus Goetze
Client
Shanghai Urban Planning Administration Bureau
Construction period
since 2003
Area
74 km2
Future inhabitants
800,000
Lingang New City
Back to Projects list- Location
- Lingang New City, China, 200000 Lingang New City, China
- Year
- 2020