EXISTING URBAN DENSITY LANDUSE DENSITY Various landuses remain at the edge of the vacant site, such as villages, housing and factories. Each display different scales and types of fabrication. The new urban development requires structure that works in harmony with the site rather than clashing with the context. As a result, a mechanism of merging fabrication is explored.
50X50 m Village
200X200 m Industry/Greenhouse
100X100 m Residential/Commercial
DENSITY TRANSITION To find a structure that can best represent forseable urban fabrication we utilize the geomitric features identified in the existing fabric. Taking the boundary of one vacant plot as an example, we create a grid network on it that is translated into a rhomboid mesh which represents the existing condition and future development.
Aeral view of a section in Mentougou showing the variety of density conditions
Edge of vacant area
Proposal urban grid
Gradual density representation
DAVID WITTE, DU CHEN
AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM 11/12
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