The winners of the second Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction from across region Asia Pacific were announced at a ceremony in New Delhi. Total prize money of USD 270,000 was presented to ten projects that show future-oriented and tangible approaches to urban renewal and development, energy efficiency and affordable housing.

The “Ghost City” of Fengdu is located on the western side of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. Due to the construction of the dam, the original and abandoned city is periodically flooded depending on water captured in the dam. A new settlement had to be built on the top of a wide protective embankment in the north. For thousands of years, Fengdu has been regarded by native beliefs and in Taoism as the location of the inferno and the final trail, which maintained in Fengdu a duality between the real and the opposite shore.

Fengdu lies on the western side of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. Because of its periodic flooding, settlement was moved to a new location on a plateau north of the dam. Revitalization and relocation plan for Ghost City involves the community in a comprehensive development concept integrating urban space planning and traditional cultural elements.