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self-sufficient shougang

sandra frem deborah morris pamela ritchot sara zeng colin zhao

a new urban form

MITsinghua beijing design studio 2008

problems

explosive and sprawling growthloss of industrial economysite contaminationintegrity of industrial structureslimited self-sufficiency

concept

bounded growthhyperdensityvertical infrastructureurban self-sufficiency

bounded growth

bounded growth

urban self-sufficiency

historical context

C om p a ra t ion on Fa rm la n d p er p erson( Sq u a re m et er)

1 9 2

7 7 3

0

1 0 0

2 0 0

3 0 0

4 0 0

5 0 0

6 0 0

7 0 0

8 0 0

9 0 0

B e i j ing Cit e s in China

Decrease of Farmland in Beijing(square kilometers)

3443

2330

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

1996 2006

Green Area per person(Square meters)

32.95

47.18

0.005.00

10.0015.0020.0025.0030.0035.0040.0045.0050.00

Cities in China Beijing

historical context

International Trade of Agriculture Productsin China (hundred million dollar)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006

exportimport

import economy

land use crisis

28% increase in population 32% reduction in farmland sky rocketing food prices

hyperdensity

hyperdensity

vertical infrastructure

vertical infrastructure

vertical infrastructure

land use

grid

mobility

greenspace

master plan

vertical infrastructure

vertical infrastructure: section a

vertical infrastructure

vertical infrastructure: section b

vertical infrastructure

vertical infrastructure: section c

vertical infrastructure: section d

vertical infrastructure

vertical infrastructure

self-sufficient shougangproblemsconceptbounded growthbounded growthurban self-sufficiencyhistorical contexthistorical contexthyperdensityhyperdensityvertical infrastructurevertical infrastructureland usegridmobilitygreenspacemaster planvertical infrastructure: section avertical infrastructurevertical infrastructurevertical infrastructurevertical infrastructure