BINGLING VILLAGE

TYPE:

Competition WON

STATUS:

In progress

CLIENT:

City of Chengdu

LOCATION:

Chengdu, China

SCALE:

4 Ha

PROGRAM:

URBAN DESIGN / ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECT:

AND Studio

The project of Bingling village is one of many projects promoted by the Chinese Government, whose primary goal is to increase rural villages’ living conditions. By bringing new life, new working opportunities, and new amenities, these areas are becoming attractive even for the people living in the city.

The project has been conceived following the rule of 10km rayon, for all the material used for the builings, using natual ventilation and good sun lignt exposure in order to reduce the consumption of electricty, using renewable materials in soustanable constrution (stone, woods), 80% of the electricty production is done with water falling, sun and geology.

We have been working building by building analyzing their condition to see which one to restored and which to be replaced.

We introduced many new programs in order to increase the local life’ quality and the attractiveness of the village for citizens: a Commun Building with with a library a caffe and a rentable space for small events, and Health Hotel where the restaurant will have just local product cooked by the people living in the village, several pavilions spread in the beautiful surrounding hills etc.