Metabolism Pulse Cell

Hongqiao Campus Urban Design
March 2018 - May 2019
Site: Nanjing, China
Cooperation work

A city is a large and complex organism that keeps running day and night. In order to activate such a large entity, we try to find a solution by thinking of it as a living organism.

At the macro level, the metabolism theory is used to understand such a huge whole as the city. As an organic whole, the city is not a static state or the final result, but a constantly changing and interacting form. From this point of view, I hope to inject new vitality into architectural design industrial park from a strategic perspective. At the same time, the strategy of iterative update and progressive update ensures the steady pace of the update.

At the middle level, starting from the advantages of the site location, the potential activation points are sought to fit the site. These activation points are just like the pulse, which can provide the site with continuous vitality after full excavation. This includes jinchuan river which flows through the site, zhongshan north road and matai street which are close to the site, as well as the planned subway line, etc

At the micro level, the functional cells that make up the whole site are divided into different parts within the site. Through the division of the dense road network of small plots, various blocks can be activated, and after integrating functions, it is possible to carry more diverse functions. Finally, the introduction of the concept of design fair makes the design industrial park more characteristic and dynamic.