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Paupys
Vilnius, Lithuania
Developer: Darnu Group
Shougang Park Urban Weaving District
Beijing, China
Developer: Shougang Group

spaces and an extensive public realm. The Tokyo Cross Park envisions the site and was developed by Shougang Group. of the project and wraps around the central residential community. By with the UN´s 2030 SDG and the EU New Green Deal objectives. The
growth of the capital’s green space, outwards from the Imperial Palace Local developer SDC Imobiliare, along with overseas investment making use of the level changes the retail street creates two ground levels scheme is currently down for a 2022 opening.
and Hibiya Park into the urban districts of the city. The new development funds, has launched what they claim to be the biggest real estate sinuously flowing from the Metro Plaza in the west to the Lifestyle Centre Borough Yards is a new dining, shopping and cultural destination in the
has extensive green spaces and water, which will connect with the project in Romania. The Transilvania Smart City mixed-use, estimated in the east. heart of medieval London. Situated in the London Borough of Southwark,
park through two pedestrian ‘park bridges’. PLP serves as the master to require an investment of €700M, would see the construction of Recognised as the best conversion project in the Baltics, Paupys is next to the vibrant Borough Market, Borough Yards is bringing new life
designer and placemaking strategist for the entire 1.1 million square 10,000 apartments, a shopping centre, schools, supermarkets, a hotel being developed in the UNESCO-protected Vilnius Old Town, on an to an area rich with history. Continuing to open in phases throughout
metre development, the largest in the metropolitan area of Tokyo, the and an aparthotel, office space, parks, and conference rooms in Cluj- abandoned factory site. In 2015, the buildings were dismantled and the 2022, the project will feature five mixed-use buildings including Grade-A
firm will design two of the four mixed-use towers on the 6.5-hectare Napoca. Work on the project began earlier this year. The entire project 6ha area cleaned and decontaminated. Today, a new district, created workspace, retail, gallery, restaurants, cinema and creative spaces.
site. The project is developed for a multi-stakeholder partnership, which will be built on a plot of 35ha on a hill close to the Iulius Mall shopping by seven prominent architecture studios, provides residential quarters, The high-quality public realm scheme will restore and reinvent the lost
will comprise of 10 of Japan’s most prominent companies. The multi- centre. The project’s first stage will be developed on 3ha of land and will commercial area and offices. The integrated urban environment offers medieval street pattern of the area adjacent to the world-famous food
disciplinary group came together to co-create a new vision for urban include 800 apartments, an aparthotel, nursery, shops, cafes, restaurants, a cinema, a conference centre, restaurants, retail and services centred destination Borough Market. Restoring and rejuvenating an important
development in Tokyo. a gym, a bank, a Lidl store and a park. The construction work for this around a marketplace. Everything was carefully chosen to create a part of south London’s Victorian railway heritage, the landmark scheme
Lead8, the international award-winning design firm was the overall first stage is expected to be completed in 18-24 months. The shopping communal district with its unique atmosphere. Paupys residents are will also re-purpose 8,500sq m of existing railway arches, creating 50
masterplanner for the Shougang Park Urban Weaving District in Beijing. centre, which will be developed in a later stage, will have an area provided with privacy, a riverside, communal spaces and architecture units for retail, food & drink and leisure brands to use as their canvas to
The firm also delivered the architecture design of the first phase transit- of 100,000sq m. extending the Old Town. Darnu Group is the company behind it and create and innovate. The architectural design weaves together historic
oriented, mixed-use scope of the overall urban generation masterplan. The concept of the mixed-use development at Topkapı, a site of construction is ongoing. fabric with contemporary architecture and new public spaces, opening
The masterplan forms part of a significant rejuvenation undertaking in historical significance in Istanbul, has just been unveiled to the Turkish LaMercedes is the conversion of the former Mercedes car factory the site to its Bankside context and bringing new pedestrian routes and
Beijing as the site transforms a 100-year-old Capital Steel Factory Park market. Chapman Taylor has developed innovative architectural solutions in Barcelona into a mixed-use eco-district, building on its rich industrial amenities to the area.
into a thriving multi-activity destination. Comprising retail, office, hotel, to bring this neighbourhood to life with parks, shopping streets, offices, heritage. Being developed by Conren Tramway and whose architect Paddington Square is the centrepiece of Paddington’s regeneration, a
entertainment, public transport interchange (PTI), and MICE, the scheme a five star hotel and residences and a Lifestyle Centre to create a major is Batlle i Roig, the uses of LaMercedes have been organised around new working, shopping, dining, and cultural quarter created by world-
targeted high-tech firms as future tenants. Once fully complete, the new attraction for the city. Due to launch next year by developer Akzirve work, live, learn and play concepts: 1,450 residential units (40 per cent renowned architect Renzo Piano and Shard developer Sellar, in partnership
project is set to become a future flagship transit-oriented development Gayrimenkul, the scheme will be set in a superb location to the west social), 15,000sq m ground floor retail providing everything users need, with Hotel Properties Limited. At its heart is a light-filled crystalline
(TOD) in the city’s new Shougang North District. Located above the of central Istanbul with direct access to the major E5 highway, Topkapı 69,000sq m office and education campus and more than 50 per cent of building providing 14 floors of workspace incorporating wellbeing and
new metro interchange station of M11 and R1 in Shougang, the project 29 will have further transportation links to the West with a new metro the plot´s footprint for green areas and public space, LaMercedes has sustainability features and smart technology, 80,000sq ft of shops and
featured as the gateway welcoming visitors to the 2022 Winter Olympics station. A two-level retail street provides active frontage to the south been designed following the highest sustainability criteria in alignment restaurants will serve the area’s 55,000 worker population, a projected

Borough Yards
London, UK
Developer: MARK

Transilvania Smart City
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Developer: SDC Imobiliare