look at Feng Tai’s future financial center, an area of 16 square kilometers, and
suggest ways in which it could create a whole of it, more than the sum of its parts.
The proposal made by Studio Marco Piva and DGI Design aims to maximize land
use without sacrificing green space, creating solutions that will make Feng Tai
both an international icon and sustainable city of the future.
A radical new proposal for a city center which works within existing urban
parameters but creates a new type of living and working environment.
Control development e ectively, deal with tra c, create an attractive, e cient
and livable environment which could position the City Financial District for growth
and success. A plan that follows the principals of the twelfth five year plan to
create a scientific and harmonious environment which balances economic
opportunity and social development.
Philosophically western planners have been working under the assumption that
city planning should look at three values live, work and play we would add two
values which we believe are essential both for cities and society "contribute" and
"fulfill". Without these societal values cities become little more than collectives for
the pursuit of self interest and pleasure.
Cities to be great must provide economic opportunities and create communities,
one has only to talk to those who live in New York, London, Paris, Rome, Singapore,
Tokyo etc... about their sense of their city and their identification with it. To
understand the value of community.
These ideas are not new to China, they are in fact part of China's culture and
philosophical history, Daoism, Confusianism and the ancient systems and
philosophies refer to them explicitly. We believe that to be complete China must
embrace its culture and values and balance economic and social forces and
need