The design scheme consists of rich programmatic layers including environmental remediation, consumable green productions, recreational amenities, and public spaces These layers are interlocked as an intense network and collectively shape a demonstration park which put the future of Tangshan’s environment and production on display.
The water remediation system flows through the site as a secondary meander of the Dou River. The polluted water is pumped from the river, run through multiple levels of remediation, infused in agricultural irrigation, deepwater research, emergency storage, and eventually returns to the river through a public pool.
The fuel stack that once spewed pollutive gases will be converted into an air purification system where polluted air is heated by greenhouses (also functions as part of the productive green system) and delivered to the stack for filterations. The cleaned air is released from the top of the stack and descends for the next cycle.
The layer of productive green consists of greenhouses scattered on the artificial wetland and an indoor vertical farming system inside the former turbine hall. The green products are put on sale in the stalls of an open-air marketplace which bring back nostalgic forms of Chinese urban life to the elderly.
Market stalls between productive greens and wetland are attractive to both elders and teenagers
Another school tour destination: an indoor agriculture lab transformed from a turbine hall
Landscape of the neighboring Dachengshan park extends across the street into the site and reaches the waterfront where a wetland park is created by retreating the original riverbank back for 50 meters. The park is covered by shrubs to stabilize the soil and performs as a passive water remediation mechanism.
Driving and jogging in a forest? This is actually the street in front of the power plant
This will be the new view at your balcony if you live in the old Danwei housings across the river
The site performs as an urban-scale educational instrument in environment and production. The former industrial conveyors are transformed into skywalk galleries which connects major programs on site. Other recreational programs with opportunities for active learning will also attract teenagers to visit.
When teenagers are climbing on a cooling tower, can they spot their grandparents in the market?
A gallery of the 2030s is not only holographic panels on former industrial structures but also active labs on display
