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ZHONGSHAN OCT HARBOUR Jiuzhou Bay is set to be a new waterfront neighbourhood theme of echoing the past while reflecting the future
Zhongshan, China,
Developer: Zhongshan OCT Development Co. Ltd. in Zhuhai that will be designed by SOM Designs and for the city of Nanjing. The winning design features
developed by Zhuhai Jiuzhou Bay Holdings Group. In three interconnected buildings linked by a sunken street,
an effort to transform the city’s waterfront and create a incorporating office, retail, and cultural spaces. The
blueprint for future development, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill project will run parallel to the sole remaining airport
(SOM) was selected from a shortlist of 10 global design runway, which has been kept in its original form as a
firms to create Jiuzhou Bay - a new 5.6 million square foot historic feature. Two underground railway stations are
mixed-use neighbourhood that features offices, residences, retail, embedded into the site. A central corridor is positioned
and infrastructure. The design sets a new standard for public directly on top of one of the railway tracks, providing a
transit in the region, with plans for a robust transportation hub feature passageway for commuters to navigate through
that offers connections to land, sea, and rail across more than the three buildings. Developed by China Fortune,
40 acres. It also features five modular canopies that envelop the feature runway will provide a public space and be
three sides of a 1.8 million square foot port, weaving together enlivened throughout the year with cultural activities.
a landscape of towers rising behind it and creating a series of Evoking the excitement and charm of the Victorian era, The
covered pedestrian alleyways, a lively retail environment, and Londoner Macao, the latest addition to Sands Resorts Macao
interlinked courtyards along the waterfront promenade. No is set to recreate London’s classic shopping districts and
completion date has been put forward yet. feature British themed boutiques and authentic recreations
10 DESIGN has won the design competition to redevelop of classic British landmarks such as the world-famous Palace
an old military airport in Nanjing, China into a 2.6 million of Westminster and Houses of Parliament. To learn more
square foot contemporary mixed-use development. The about this fascinating project, please see our Cover Story on
redevelopment has been designed with the central the project on pages 26-27.

CHINA
Completed earlier this year by developer Longfor new mixed-use development is under construction
Properties and architects LWK + Partners, Zijing Paradise in Shenzhen, China with anticipated completion by
Walk is comprised of a gross floor area of 68,000sq m Q3 2022. Located on a former industrial zone, this
site and a site area of 28,557.5sq m. Taking good care of retail-gastronomy destination will provide an immersive
personal health and staying comfortable in a space are gastronomic experience under one roof. Being designed by
growing priorities for today’s consumers, a trend that has 10 DESIGN MixC Market Hall will accommodate 78,890sq
intensified since the pandemic. The Zijing Paradise Walk m of retail and F&B dining space, with two office towers
retail mall is a considered response by the developer and above providing 102,320sq m of workspace. As part of the
architect. With culture and wellness as the central themes, regeneration of the district, the overall masterplan will also
this new community shopping centre rests next to the include residential and serviced apartment towers, resettlement
Wulitang River in West Lake district in Hangzhou, China. housing, and public amenities, providing a holistic redevelopment.
It offers diverse leisure and wellness facilities spread Jointly led by two design partners, Ted Givens and Chin Yong
across interlocking spaces, which are also well integrated Ng, the concept for this new development is to break away
with the key essence of ancient Hangzhou’s Hui-style from the conventional shopping mall design and instead draw
architecture, embodying a sense of simplicity, elegance inspiration from a more traditional market square, creating a
and preserved heritage. Since its opening in early 2020, central meeting place for public enjoyment. This will result in
Zijing Paradise Walk has become a social destination for a series of spaces created at different scales all interconnected.
the community, forging connections with local people by China’s Zhongshan OCT Harbour, masterplanned and
celebrating traditional culture, its natural surroundings and designed by LWK + Partners, broke ground in early 2020 and
modern city life. is envisioned to serve as a dynamic recreational destination and
Opened last month, the 240,000sq m Changchun Beihu emerge in the west coast of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Wuyue Square shopping centre by developer Future Greater Bay Area. LWK + Partners planning and urban design
Land Development Holdings is the largest and most team in Hong Kong office came together in collaboration with
comprehensive shopping centre in north Changchun, Shenzhen and Chongqing studios to create an urban cultural
with six floors of above-ground space and three floors hub for the community, incorporating vernacular Lingnan
underground, including more than 2,050 parking spaces. aesthetics, river ecology and sustainability considerations
Wuyue Square, in the city’s Beihu district, plays host to over alongside business opportunities. Shiqi, a traditional cultural
270 brands including 12 anchor stores, covering clothing, core in Zhongshan, is going through an urban renewal process
boutique supermarkets, leisure and entertainment, early that involves a review of the potential of the Gangkou River.
learning, household appliances, cafés, restaurants and Zhongshan OCT Harbour will have a theme park, retail areas,
other offers. Designed by Chapman Taylor, their 32,000sq residences, hotel accommodation, entertainment facilities and
m interior design draws inspiration from Changchun’s offices across both sides of the river, creating a diversified
rich ecological landscape; its four themed zones are commercial, recreational and living experience on a rich,
based around a “tropical” atrium, a “city green” atrium, a eco-friendly landscape. As the project develops, a respect for
“mountain” atrium and a “wetland” atrium, creating a lush nature, local culture and Lingnan aesthetics gradually unfolds.
and elegant, one-stop life and entertainment centre for The developer for the project which is set to open in 2023 is
Changchun. Sungang MixC Market Hall, China Resources’ Zhongshan OCT Development Co. Ltd.
JIUZHOU BAY
Zhuhai, China
Developer: Zhuhai Jiuzhou Bay Holdings Group
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