10 Design architects has recently been awarded a 93 ha Masterplan for a CBD in Pingtan, a New Cross-Strait District for China and It’s Trading Partner, Taiwan. Pingtan is planned as a new commercial hub to drive communication and commercial trade between China and Taiwan. Part of the competition included the design of a new Cross Straits Forum including theatre, convention, exhibition and auxiliary commercial and cultural facilities. More images and project description after the break.
At the center of the CBD and Forum district is a newly created fresh water lake that conserves fresh water from run off through the urban grain. The masterplan caters for some 3.3 million sqm of urban development, while the Cross Straits Forum would be in the first phase of development.
