Sustainable planning for a rural community

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": Land-use planning and control.

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    Hand-over presentation to the winners of the global Holcim Awards Bronze prize 2009 "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": (l-r): Li Yeqing, CEO of Huaxin Cement; Tom Clough, Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim Ltd; Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holcim Ltd; and Zhang Yue, Associate Professor, Deputy Chair of Urban Planning Department, Tsinghua University Architecture School.

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    Holcim Awards Gold 2008 Asia Pacific presentation (l-r): award-winner Yue Zhang congratulated by CEO Huaxin Cement, Yeqing Li.

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": Eco-strategies in house design.

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": Public participation and first action.

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": House renovation / new-build.

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": A micro-spreading renewal model.

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": Improving infrastructure and public services.

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": Improving circulation.

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": Field survey and database build.

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": Design thinking outline.

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific - "Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China": Challenges.

  • Awards Bronze 2008–2009 Global
  • Awards Gold 2008–2009 Asia Pacific

Subsistence living conditions drive millions of China’s rural poor into the cities. Concurrently farming land is converted to new uses. This entry is a pilot project in Beijing’s urban sprawl. It demonstrates how much needs to be done to keep people in rural settings – and how much can be done. The urban plan improves logistics, public utilities and services while meeting stringent ecological and energy-saving targets for new buildings. 

By Zhang Yue - Tsinghua University, School of Architecture, Beijing, China and

Ideas: Economic & Social Empowerment

Subsistence living conditions drive millions of China’s rural poor into the cities. Concurrently farming land is converted to new uses. Sustainable planning for a rural community is a pilot project in Beijing’s urban sprawl.

It demonstrates how much needs to be done to keep people in rural settings – and how much can be done. The urban plan improves logistics, public utilities and services while meeting stringent ecological and energy-saving targets for new buildings. 

Sustainable planning for a rural community

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