KPF Releases Masterplan for Chinese City Built From Scratch

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Courtesy of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

International architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) recently announced that their design for the 120 million square foot master plan for Meixi Lake in Changsha, China is being realized. A new city in the West Changsha Pioneer Zone in Hunan Province, Meixi Lake is centered around a 3.85 kilometer‐long lake. Upon completion, the city will be home to 180,000 inhabitants, and will provide residents, workers and visitors sustainable neighborhoods for living, working, recreation, culture and entertainment. More images and architects’ press release after the break.

According to KPF Design Principal James von Klemperer, “Over the last 10 years, China’s cities have grown in two ways: by increasing density within the historical cores, and by adding new cities adjacent to the old. The latter phenomenon has resulted in a twin city paradigm. Thus, we have Shanghai’s Puxi and Pudong, Beijing’s old center and new CBD. Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and many other cities have sprouted new towns.

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Cite: Alison Furuto. "KPF Releases Masterplan for Chinese City Built From Scratch " 13 Dec 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/306906/kpf-releases-masterplan-for-chinese-city-built-from-scratch> ISSN 0719-8884

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