Xindong New Area Urban Design International Masters Competition (CN)

The winning proposal by Cui Kai team bases their design on its adjacency to the high-speed rail, proposing a regional “high-speed rail economy” as the driving energy for the development of Xingdong’s “City of the Future”. The highlights of a “cluster construction model” are that it is small, efficient, flexible, easily managed, and can be executed within a short period of time. This “growth oriented urban design” is tailor-made for Xingtai, using fields as canvas, city as painting while integrating city and landscape, city and the station into a cluster oriented spatial form and layout. The concept of “circulative services” places Xingtai East Station at the heart of the city, through the strategic placement of trade, exhibition, conference, hotel and residential infrastructure, creates a multi-dimensional, multi-functional city. Placing Xingtai in line with the regional planning of the “Jingbaoshi Development Axis” creates a new drive for Xingdong’s economical development. In the meantime, prioritization in the redevelopment of rural suburban by related legislations in-sync with urban development, elevates the city into an integrated production and residential city, while retaining its local cultural DNA, all in exploration of a new urban development model.