Design Contest for Conceptual City in Northern Region of Guishan (Turtle Hill)

WUHAN City of history (the center for civilization of Yangtze River) Design contest for conceptual city in northern region of Guishan (Turtle Hill)

THE HEART OF THE YANGTZE RIVER CIVILIZATION PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE PLANNING

Wuhan Land Resource and Planning Bureau April in 2018 Geographical Location of Wuhan

Wuhan is briefly called “Han” and it is also named “riverside city”, being the capital of Hubei Province and the only sub-provincial division and megalopolis in six central provinces; it is the center city in Chinese central area, core city of Yangtze River Economic Zone, important national industrial base, scientific and educational base and comprehensive transportation junction and Wuhan combined service force guarantee base under Central Military Commission. The city has 13 municipal districts, three national development zones with a total area of 8494.41 square kilometers, and the number of permanent resident people was 10.7662 million and the urbanization rate of the city is 79.77% in 2016. Planning Background

Wuhan is one of the second batch of national famous historical and cultural cities announced by State Council in 1986, and the city history can date back to Panlong City in Shang Dynasty 3500 years ago; it has a long history with many ancient relics and historical sites of modern times. Preparation and implementation for protection planning of famous historical and cultural Wuchang city has very important significance to enhance national cultural confidence, carry forward civilization of Yangtze River and revive the great Wuhan.

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Hankou Protection graph of the historic cultural city in Protection graph of the historic cultural city in the main urban area the administrative region of the city Planning Scope Overall Plan Land Use

Scope of historical city

Han River Yangtze River Shahu Lake

Urban design scope of core area [northern area of Guishan (Turtle Hill)] Yuehu Lake Urban design scope

Hanyang Avenue East Lake

Pengliuyan Wuluo Fuxing Fuxing Yangtze g Road Road Road River Planning for the Upper Position Overall Planning for Wuhan (2010-2020)

Planning structure drawing of metropolitan development area Planning graph for overall planning land use of the main urban area Overall Plan Land Use Overall Plan Land Use

Range line of the main urban Municipal comprehensive service Municipal professional center Residential land Sports land Industrial land Land for municipal Water area Railway and station yard Legend area center Legend facilities Administrative land Land for medical treatment and Warehouse land Public green land Massif Wharf Range line of the central Municipal sub-center Binjiang activity zone public health activity zone Commercial finance land Land for education and External traffic land Green land for production Land for tourist Range line of the main urban area protection attraction Cluster of the main urban area scientific research Range line of comprehensive Cluster center Entertainment land Market land Square land Special land Road cluster Planning for Upper Position Overall Planning for Wuhan (2010-2020) Overall Plan Land Use

Planning graph for green space system in metropolitan development area Planning graph for famous historical and cultural city in the main urban area Overall Plan Land Use Overall Plan Land Use

Legend National cultural relic protection site Massif Feature area of the old city Legend Green land of parks Tourist attraction and forest park Other green spaces Range line of metropolitan development area Provincial cultural relic protection site Water area Tourist attraction Green land of production Wetland natural reserve Massif Green land of protection Country park and ecological agricultural park Water area Municipal cultural relic protection site Historical site and historical and cultural blocks Range line of the main urban area Planning for the Upper Position

Detailed guide rule for controllability of Wuhan

Planning Scope

Turtle Hill Legend

Residential land Primary and Secondary School Education and scientific research land Commercial and financial land Administrative land Exhibition land Entertainment land Sports land Hospital Land for municipal facilities Public green land Ecological bottom line area Water area Water 2018.01 Planning for the Upper Position

Wuhan rail transit planning Line 2 Five metro lines have been opened, and two lines are under construction and two lines have been planned in the historical city. 原租界片 Range of historical city

The northern Guishan region is near to Line 4 and Line 6 of rail transit, and Line 13 of rail transit will pass through the area in the future. The region of Hanzheng Street

The northern Urban design range of core area region of (the northern area of Guishan Guishan of Turtle Hill (Turtle Hill)) Yuehu lake The region of Peasant Movement Institution Tanhualin region The region of Guiyuan Temple

Shouyi area Line 7 (under construction) (under 7 Line Situation of Historical and Cultural Resources Overall site area 33KM2

Yiyuan Road area Feature area of original Hankou concession

2 Land area 28KM August 7 Meeting site area

Qingdao Road area

Area of Jianghan Road and Zhongshan Hanzheng Street Traditional Avenue Commerce and Trade Tourist Attraction Dragon King Temple Shahu Lake

Nan’anzu

i Area of Peasant Movement Institute

Guishan Tourist Attraction Tanhualin area East Lake

Moshui Lake

Feature area in Hanyang old city

Water area 5KM2 Hongshan area Wuchang Station Feature area of Wuchang old city Basic Situation of Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Satellite Image

The northern Guishan area is located in intersection of two rivers, integrating landscape of rivers and lakes, humanistic deposition and geographical feature; it is oriented as the urban humanistic core in the macro structure of two rivers and four riversides, and it is an important area to increase urban vitality and reflect urban features.

Zhongshan Avenue

Han River

Guishan (Turtle Hill) Yangtze River Basic Situation of Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area Wuhan Guide Rule for Detailed Planning of Ccontrollability

Zhongshan Avenue

Han River

Guishan (Turtle Hill)

Yangtze River Basic Situation in Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area

Superior Natural Resource Conditions

Two rivers:intersection of Yangtze River and Han River and source of Wuhan；

Intersection of Lianhua Lake two rivers

Two mountains: Guishan and Meizi Mountain, being important composition of mountain system in west-east direction in Wuhan ； One lake: Yuehu Lake

Overlook in Guishan(Turtle Hill) Meizi Mountain Meizi Mountain, Guishan, Yuehu Lake Park and Snake Mountain, etc jointly compose landscape greening gallery in west-east direction in landscape system of water and mountain of urban two rivers and four riversides, being an important component and core landscape of “cross-type” landscape and landscape ecology axis fro Yangtze River, Han River and mountain system in west-east Yuehu Lake direction. Guishan TV Tower Basic Situation of Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area Abundant Historical and Cultural Resources One block of historical and cultural feature: northern Guishan area Ten cultural protection sites: two national sites including Yangtze River Bridge and Palace of Yu and Ji; four provincial sites including revolutionary soldiers cemetery, Martyr Grave of Xiang Jingyu, Bronze Statue of Huang Xing and Ancient Lute Platform; four municipal sites including rubbings in the precipices of Dabie Mountain and Meizi Mountain, Ore Sand Wharf Site for Hanyang Iron Works and Tomb of Lusu Five immovable cultural heritages: Mauser M1888 Rifle, Guishan Block House, Iron Gate Pass and Feats Rock of Yu Three industrial heritages: Yingwu Tape Plant, Hanyang Special Automobile Manufacturing Plant and No. 1 National Cotton Plant

Special Automobile No. 1 National Manufacturing Plant Cotton Plant

Yingwu Tape Plant

Guishan (Turtle Hill) Legend

Provincial cultural protection site

Municipal cultural protection site

Early modern industrial heritage

Blocks with historical features

Immovable cultural protection site

Building of historical protection

Humanistic resources suggested to be reserved Basic Situation of Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area Abundant Historical and Cultural Resources

Han River

Special Automobile No. 1 National Manufacturing Plant Cotton Plant Previous Hanyang Iron works site

Yingwu Tape Plant Dabieshan Cliff The memory of the revolutionary martyrs Yingwu Tape Plant Guishan (Turtle Hill) Huangxing monument Qingchuan Pavilion Lu Su Grave Yangtze River Fort Fort

National/provincial cultural Building of historical Ontology line for cultural relic building Scope of Nan’anzui protection site protection Protection scope of cultural relics Legend Municipal cultural protection site Industrial heritage

Immovable cultural heritage Blocks with traditional features Establishment of control zone

Special Automobile Manufacturing Plant Mauser M1888 Rifle Basic Situation of Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area

Han River

Reservation

Renovation and transformation can be Other buildings on the Buildings in the area have been demolished, carried out in combination with planning land can be demolished and planning is not restricted. (excluding those on the Previous Hanyang Turtle hill) Iron works site Special Automobile No. 1 National Manufacturing Plant Cotton Plant Reservation 宗泽印染厂 Yingwu Tape Plant

The memory of the Huangxing revolutionary martyrs Guishan (Turtle Hill) onument Qingchuan Pavilion

Dabieshan Cliff Lu Su Grave Fort Yangtze River

Fort

National/provincial cultural protection site Building of historical protection Protection scope of cultural relics Legend Municipal cultural protection site Blocks with traditional features Establishment of control zone

Immovable cultural heritage Ontology line for cultural relic building Basic Situation in Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area

Abundant Historical and Cultural Resources

3 Yingwu Tape Plant

Mauser M1888 4 Rifle 1 Ancient Lute Platform

Qingchuan 2 5 Special Automobile Tower Manufacturing Plant Basic Situation of Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area

It Has Certain Land Use Development Space

Nan’anzui River Beach Park includes about 13 hectares of green land, and Guishan park includes about 35 hectares of green land; and others are Mauser M1888 Rifle Cultural Creative Industrial Park (Yingwu Tape Plant), Special Automobile Manufacturing Plant, No. 1 National Cotton Plant, Rongze Printing an d Dyeing Mill and reservation land for Wuhan Land Reservation Center etc, and the area of developable land is about 87 hectares (22 hectares in Phase 5 of Yuehu Lake and 65 hectares of Guishan)

Hanyang Special Automobile Manufacturing Plant with an area of 11.6 hectares

Rongze Printing and Dyeing Plant with an Qintai Grand Theatre with an area Han River area of 4.1 hectares of 16 hectares

计划拆除 Plan to demolish 计划拆除 Plan to demolish

北汉阳造文创产业园 6.3公顷龟 Guishan (Turtle Hill) Yangtze River Qingchuan Restaurant with an area of 1.6 hectares

Legend

Reservation land

Developable land

Green land for parks

Green land for protection

Reservation for transformation Basic Situation of Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area Bad External Accessibility

1) Traffic limitation to three-dimensional transportation 2) Traffic limitation to internal roads

Han River

Guishan (Turtle Hill) Yangtze River Basic Situation of Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area There is flood prevention dyke for river control, thus the river water is controlled. Top elevation of flood prevention dyke: flood stage in 1954 + 2.0 m; the flood stage in 1954 was the highest flood stage (exceeding the stage in 1998) of the recent decades, and elevation of the Yellow Sea is 27.64 m.

驳岸墙 Revetment wall 30.0m 30.0m 闸口防洪堤 27.0m 22.0m 30.0m 30.0m Flood prevention dyke 南岸嘴江滩公园 22.0m 24.0m Nan’anzui River Beach Park 30.0m Han River 30.0m 30.0m 26.0m 20.0m 25.0m

24.0m

90.0m Guishan (Turtle Hill) 30.0m Yangtze River Early Planning for Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area

Attention of municipal party committee and municipal government and the vast citizens has been paid to the planning and construction of Nan’anzui—northern Guishan area as intersection core of the two rivers. Residents in Nan’anzui have overally moved since catastrophic flood in 1998, and rounds of plans have been prepared for Nan’anzui-northern Guishan area; the plan has experienced four phases of “collection of scheme thought-determining overall thought- planning for functions and morphology-implementation”, and consensuses haven been concluded after developing rounds of expert discussion. Summary of past schemes: year 1998-now Many famous design institutions at home and abroad have been invited to prepare rounds of design scheme.

Detailed Urban Design International collection of Land Use Planning Many famous design Comprehensive Research Report for Development Strategy of Qintai for Nan’anzui Comprehensive institutes inside and Planning for prepared by Development and and Urban Design in outside the city Implementation Plan Cultural Center prepared by Regal Lloyds Consulting Controllability Tsinghua Construction Planning in Northern Guishan Area investigated the city and for Guishan as Co., Ltd. entrusted by Municipal Propaganda in Nan’anzui Design Areas on Both Sides of and Northern Area to were interviewed, Urban Balcony and Department, Overall Conceptual Design for Wuhan Institute and Han River, Construction including Municipal Area International Planning for Nan’anzui Yuehu Lake prepared Planning Institute, Plan for Relocation Automobile Project in Nan’anzui prepared by Dayuan prepared by Consulting and Northern Guishan by Municipal Planning Shanghai Branch of of Wuhan Acrobatics Architecture Design Consulting Co., Ltd. entrusted by Innovation Area and Planning for Municipal Institute and Australia RTKL International Co., Department Wuhan Real Estate Group and VTP Wuhan Sky City Contest of Yuehu Lake Cultural Ltd., Shanghai Branch of Planning Planning Theme Park and Design PTW Architecture Atkins and Shanghai prepared by prepared by Wuhan Golden Strategy Investment and Institute in Design for Scheme for Qintai Design Consulting Co., Tongji Urban Planning & Municipal Planning Development Co. Ltd. in 2015 Nan’anzui Culture and Art Center in Design Institute, etc in 2000 Area in 2001 2004 Ltd. jointly in 2008 2009 Institute in 2013

Thought collection Determining overall thought Planning for function and morphology Implementation

1998 2000 2001 2003 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016

Comprehensive Wuhan People’s Government Urban Design for Early Planning for Conceptual Planning Wuhan Overall Plan for Implementation Planning for Improvement Plan invited Plan and Design Northern Guishan Plan of Nan’anzui for Cultural Tourism Improvement of Starting Area in Two Rivers and Belt on Both Sides of Tourism Function for for Dragon King Institute of Harvard University Area prepared by and Northern Four Riversides being prepared Han River prepared Two Rivers and Four Temple and to conduct academic research Huazhong Guishan Area according to the requirement of on areas beside Han River as University of by Municipal Planning Riversides jointly Nan’anzui Area prepared by Aecom Institute and Planning prepared by Municipal Wuhan Three-year Action Plan for early research of Overall Plan Science and Research on prepared by for Areas on Both Sides of Han Technology invited and Tongji Design Planning Institute, Improvement of Tourism Function Municipal Planning Institute jointly in Nan’anzui and for Two Rivers and Four Riversides River in 2003, and the to conduct research Northern Guishan Dutch NITA Company Institute in 1998 international collection for the on northern Guishan 2010 Area prepared by and Wuhan Branch of during 2016-2018 of municipal plan was also developed in the area in 2007 Dikong & Atkins in China Tourism government same year. 2011 Academy in 2014 Early Planning for Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area Harvard University conducted theoretical research on Nan’anzui area in 2003. land use & program massing

Municipal government invited Plan & Design Institute of Harvard University to conduct academic theoretical research in aspects of planning design idea, social economic development and legal policies, etc in areas beside Han River in 2003. It aimed to construct urban public open space in Nan’anzui; northern Guishan area: it aimed to conduct mixed development and forge planning idea of metropolitan block, and ecological relation among Han River, Guishan Mountain and Yuehu Lake was also emphasized at the same time. Early Planning for Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area

International collection for overall planning of areas on both sides of Han River in 2003 International collection for overall planning of areas on both sides of Han River was conducted in July in 2003, and three international famous design institutes respectively from America, Australia and Hong Kong participated in the collection. It was proposed to construct theme parks in Nan’anzui and northern Guishan area for WWCOT scheme; it was proposed to plan mixed land in northern Guishan area mainly for top grade residence, large-scale public service facility and cultural and artistic facilities, etc and plan large-scale open space as space landscape node to be activity concentration place for citizens to create green ecology in Nan’anzui area for COX scheme; it was proposed to conduct moderate mixed development of residence, business and public facility and control several greening passages in north- south direction in northern Guishan area and plan symbol building as citizen activity center by emphasizing the publicity of the place in Nan’anzui area for BAZO scheme. Early Planning for Northern Guishan (Turtle Hill) Area

Comprehensive plan for development and construction in areas on both sides of Han River in 2004

Municipal Planning Institute integrated the three international consulting schemes and research thought of Harvard University based on this, and prepared comprehensive plan for development and construction in areas on both sides of Han River and determined overall planning structure and construction thought in areas on both sides of Han River. It aimed to determine northern Guishan area as a compound functional area integrating cultural exchange, leisure club and top grade residence; it aimed to construct large-scale green land for parks to forge symbol urban open space in Nan’anzui.

Comprehensive plan for development and construction in areas on both sides of Han River Eco-industrial park: maintain good Water-front living area: create water- Wangjiadun central business natural and ecological environment front living area with excellent life area along Han River in combination with quality in combination with construction construction of Duoluokou of ecological riversides and green passages.

Hanzheng Street trade area: construct Compound functional area: construct Hanzheng Street trade area integrating compound functional area with subjects features and commercial residence and of public buildings such as business and dominant with modern trade based on service, etc and residence existing Hanzheng Street brand Han River humanistic eco- belt Eco-forest Water-front community center Hanzheng Street featured zone Nan’anzui core landscape zone Han River eco-eden

Yangtze River Eco-industrial park: maintain good natural and ecological environment along Han River in combination with Heshan military cultural base Exhibition zone for early Qintai culture and art center construction of development zone modern industry with golden caliber Nan’anzui international cultural exchange zone: construct internatioanl cultural exchnage zone Water-front living area: create water-front Comprehensive function area: construct Yueyu Lake culture and art zone: dominant with cultural exchnage, top-grade living area with excellent life quality in comprehensive function area integrating construct theme park integrating moon residence and leisure based on natural combination with construction of school and leisure exhibition culture and dominant with culture, leisure geographical advantage of Nan’anzui ecological riversides and green passages. and entertainment based on natural geographical advantage of Yuehu Lake

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