Chengdu Future City is a car-free masterplan for the capital of China's Sichuan province designed by architecture studios OMA and GMP to focus on the site's existing geography and topography.
The 4.6-square-kilometre scheme, which is being developed within the rolling hills of east Chengdu, will contain six clusters that are modelled on traditional village settlements in the city.
Each of these zones will be designed by OMA and GMP to blend in with its surrounding landscape and incorporate spaces dedicated to education and innovation.
Above: the masterplan will be divided into six clusters. Top image: the buildings are designed to form part of the existing landscape
According to OMA, the goal of the masterplan is to challenge conventional urban planning models, which are typically driven by road networks or maximising gross floor area. Instead, the scheme is dictated by geography and topography of the site, with a focus on establishing connections to the existing landscape so that the architecture forms a part of it.
It will be car-free excluding the autonomous vehicles for a "smart mobility network"
"With this project, we hope to provide an alternative to the typical masterplan, which is based on the traditional car-oriented road network," said Chris van Duijn, project lead and partner at OMA.
"We intend to create a design rooted in the geography of the site. We hope that the connection between architecture and landscape will result in a dynami...