Hua Qiang Bei Road / Work AC
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WORKac‘s design for a 1-kilometer section of Hua Qiang Bei Road in Shenzhen was awarded first prize. The design responds to the area’s growing commercial character which has unfortunately created traffic problems. For the proposal, the road becomes a series of “strategic interventions” where “five iconic lanterns”, (twisting bands of required program) create unique, visible destinations through a process of “urban acupuncture”.
More images and more about the design after the break.
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The lanterns’ size makes them visible across the street, and they also provide shade during the day and glow with activity during the night. Each lantern contains special destination public programs such as an electronics museum, an urban information hub or a “figure eight” observation pavilion.
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Underground, new connective spaces provide public amenities and provide connections across the street and between four newly created metro lines.
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All images courtesy of WORKac.
The project is a collaboration with the Shenzhen architectural firm Zhubo, Arup as consulting traffic, sustainability, structural and MEP engineers and Balmori Associates as landscape architects.
Very cool project. Nodes could be shaped in whatever form that suits retail demand, but the flow diagram is amazing, it will work for shure.
This is most crowded road in China I think,
I’m not sure the big wall node is good from the second pictures.
the most importent thing of this area is the vertical design, diffluent thousand people from anywhere.
Yes. A very cool project! I don’t understand the figure 8 walk bridge. An extra loop, will just slow me down to get to the other side. Small detail… But, overall I wish the Architects best of luck in this project. When completed, it would be tremendous!!
Small detail? That is the entire function of a bridge–to get you from one side to the other. People at Huaqiangbei aren’t looking for a leisurely stroll. How many automobile bridges do you know that have an extra loop?
and inventive. RT @rutiso: Crazy #architecture … http://tinyurl.com/yzotn4r
Cool imagery for right now.
But it’ll be an overpriced, dated novelty in 10 years.
I don’t like the work coming out of this firm.
Nicely Designed: Hua Qiang Bei Road. http://bit.ly/8AjcAr
RT @nicholaspatten Nicely Designed: Hua Qiang Bei Road. http://bit.ly/8AjcAr
Not really sure what issue they are addressing. This won’t solve traffic problems and I doubt these “objects” would provide much respite for the pedestrian. The government is better off spending the money on light rail or developing the sidewalk space to be more comfortable to be in.
This is just an overpriced idea that does nothing except try to mask the problems.
http://www.archdaily.com/47031/hua-qiang-bei-road-workac/ Loving NY Based Work AC's proposition to redesign Shenzhen's Hua Qiang Bei Road
Interesting project and good looking images.
However, there’s much more problems in HQB rd. need to be solved. Everytime I went there, the traffic jam drives everyone crazy. People crossing the road , the bus sticking in the station , the traffic lights could’t make any sence in the crossroad guiding, and it is aways a dream to find a parking lot within half hour etc. The road is terribly overloaded…
What transpires when you have overly eager but generally ignorant client.
5th element comes to shanghai – http://www.archdaily.com/47031/hua-qiang-bei-road-workac/
Synthetic Parks inspired by The New York High Line are on their way. City planners and city councilmen be aware. http://bit.ly/8iE2O4
#Infrastructure #MixedUse #Planning #Shenzhen #China RT @nicholaspatten: Nicely Designed: Hua Qiang Bei Road. http://ow.ly/YRdD
Amazing! Work AC was awarded with the 1st prize in a competition to re design the Hua Qiang Bei Road in Shenzhen http://bit.ly/7TDTlo
上了arch daily的深圳华强北改造方案 http://www.archdaily.com/47031/hua-qiang-bei-road-workac/
Work AC got 1st prize in a competition to re design Hua Qiang Bei Road, 1 of the most crowded roads in China. http://is.gd/6NARZ
深圳の商業地域の都市計画街路提案。RT @archdaily
Hua Qiang Bei Road / WORKac http://bit.ly/8PA74z
i think the flow diagram is wayyyy too confusing for someone to navigate in-scale. still would be amazing to see it working.
not sure how the air pollution will affect the aesthetic of the structure
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ON each day over 1 million people cross this street (which is actually a real number). By living in Shenzhen there will be one thing you will normally not do: DO not go there, so long there is no explizit reason for.
In the summer it’s even more terrible.
Therefore: a normal Bridge connection for the pedestrians are already not fun at all in shenzhen (but actually you will find these ones everywhere), but NOW to make even a loop???? How stupid is this? Covered by glass? To feel like in a sauna? Normally there is just one way to slove it: no cars here (which is of course not easy to solve i guess). All these teenie sculptures can not be working by function. A nightmare.
Why not trying a fully second layer for pedestrians?
Amazing design of Hua Qiang Bei Road, Shenzen China http://www.archdaily.com/47031/hua-qiang-bei-road-workac/
Hua Qiang Bei Road / Work AC | ArchDaily
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