| Project | Dashilan |
| Brief | Mixed-use commercial development in historic Beijing quarter |
| Date | 2011 |
| Location | Beijing, China |
This master plan retains a number of significant heritage buildings integrated into a new high-density retail and cultural quarter on this historically important site at the south-eastern corner of Tiananmen Square.
The scheme mediates between the busy, commercial Qianmen Street, the monuments and vast open spaces of Tiananmen Square and the extensive Hutong conservation area to the south and west.
The aim is to develop a master plan that is both commercially viable and socially engaged, that reinforces and enhances the existing urban vitality of the area and reintroduces layers of use that would formerly have been present: theatre, music, craft workshops, street stalls - to create a thriving twenty-four hour destination.
See a video of Dashilan here.
The scheme mediates between the busy, commercial Qianmen Street, the monuments and vast open spaces of Tiananmen Square and the extensive Hutong conservation area to the south and west.
The aim is to develop a master plan that is both commercially viable and socially engaged, that reinforces and enhances the existing urban vitality of the area and reintroduces layers of use that would formerly have been present: theatre, music, craft workshops, street stalls - to create a thriving twenty-four hour destination.
See a video of Dashilan here.
