Jiaxing New City

In this urban design project commissioned by developer Shimao, a vision of slow pace city at the portal to high speed train route was presented. This vision is then translated into a formal strategy which utilizes local canal networks to construct a second link from the portal to the city center in a very zigzagged way. This second link also acts as both a green belt including all public programs and a green barrier to divide this vast new development into multiple pockets of urbanized areas.