Housing post-covid competition China, Chinese Architecture Contest, Xiong’an new city
Xiong’an new city housing post-covid competition in China
9 Aug 2020
Xiong’an new city housing Design
Design: Guallart Architects, Barcelona
Location: Xiong’an New Area – President Xi’s Dream City, Hebei province, China

Guallart Architects Win Housing Post-covid Competition In China For The Xiong?an New City
Barcelona (Spain) August 2020 – Guallart Architects has won the international competition for the design a mixed-use community in the Xiong’an new city, defining a new standard in the post-Covid era, that can be applied as a raw model in different cities around the world.

The proposal presented under the title “the self-sufficient city”, defines an urban model, that merges the traditional European urban blocks, the Chinese modern towers, and the productive farming landscape. This new urban environment where people can live, work and rest, will allow their residents to produce resources locally while they are connected globally, providing a full life even in moments of confinement.
“We cannot continue designing cities and buildings as if nothing had happened,” says Guallart, ” Our proposal stem from the need to provide solutions to the various crises that are taking place in our planet at the same time, in order to create a new urban life based in the circular bioeconomy that will empower cities and communi...