Project Type: Urban Design
Project Status: Planned
Completion Date: May 2010
Site Area: 76 acres
Team: PlusUrbia + studio LFA + OAD
Client: Vanke
New Town Phoenix proposal offers a unique opportunity to address the re-development needs of a vibrant city with a rich history almost completely destroyed during 1976 earthquake.
Located in the central area of Bohai Bay, Tangshan borders on the Bohai Sea in the south, lies against the Yanshan Mountains in the north, and adjoins Beijing and Tianjin in the west and Qinhuangdao in the east. The site is conveniently located northwest of the city’s central business district, in one of Tangshan’s newest neighborhoods considered to be the heart of the city. The site is near the old airport location and close to a beautiful set of recently designed parks and memorials. Through recent partnership with private international companies Tangshan, will soon become an ecological city and will serve as a model for its measures to relieve the pressure on the country’s congested and polluted mega-cites.