Mengzhuiwan Urban Regeneration masterplan, LWK + PARTNERS Chengdu Buildings, Chinese Architecture
Mengzhuiwan Urban Regeneration masterplan in Chengdu
2 June 2021
Mengzhuiwan Urban Regeneration Chengdu masterplan competition
Design: LWK + PARTNERS
Location: Chengdu, China

LWK + PARTNERS draws sustainable blueprint for waterside urban regeneration
The 14th National Five-Year Plan of China released in March 2021 highlighted the aim and strategy to holistically improve the quality of life in all Chinese cities through urban renewal effort. The most recent census also pointed out the exacerbating problem of population aging in the past decade and the worst cases being in the old and rundown neighbourhoods caused by continued outward migration of the younger generations. ?It is not a problem unique to Chinese cities. Cities around the world encounter the problem one way or another. During rapid urbanisation, there are pockets in the city that might be less well planned and over time the problems in these areas surface,? said Gregory Leong, Director and leader of LWK + PARTNERS? Planning and Urban Design Team, ?Including retrogressive standard of living, outdated infrastructure, and dilapidating environment, resulting in that pockets that lack vigour and vibrancy, which in the long run affect the operation of the whole city. Through urban renewal planning and design, these areas can be reborn into even better and richer urban environment.? The firm won the international plannin...