Building Investment (March-April 2021)

PROJECTS
Artist impression: A multi-level transportation hub with a circular,
Barclays Centre-like topper will anchor the public cluster
(Source: OMA)
PROJECT AT A GLANCE
Classification: Mixed Development
Location: Chengdu, China
Approx. Project Cost: To be announced
Approx. Commencement Date: 1Q 2021
Approx. Completion Date: To be announced
CHENGDU FUTURE
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY CITY
Dutch architectural firm Office for Metropolitan
Architecture (OMA) and Hamburg-based
Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) were recently
announced as the winners of the Chengdu
Future Science and Technology City Launch
Area Masterplan and Architecture Design
Competition.
This pilot project will be located in an area adjacent to the new
Tianfu International Airport east of Chengdu in Sichuan province
of China. The new airport, scheduled to open later this year, is
Chengdu’s second and is expected to become the largest in China
after the Beijing and Shanghai international airports. The Chengdu
Future Science and Technology City is intended to help spur
Chengdu’s innovation industry and will thus be oriented towards
connecting the new airport as well as the extant Aviation College
to the site’s northwest.
CREDIT LIST
CLIENT:
THE REFORM AND PLANNING ADMINISTRATION BUREAU
OF CHENGDU HI-TECH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE
MASTERPLANNERS:
OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE (OMA) AND
GMP ARCHITEKTEN
LOCAL ARCHITECTS:
CAUPD AND SWOODING
DESIGN COMPOSITION
As part of the first phase of the 4.6-sq-km-long masterplan,
OMA will develop an International Education Park in the west
while GMP will build a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in
the southeast. Local architects CAUPD and Swooding will also
collaborate on the masterplan.
The masterplan will be in a space characterised by green
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