Located close to Jingwu Road, once famous for its street vendors, the masterplan reflects the diverse activities that formerly came together on the site. The design team studied the area’s history, the scale and form of its buildings, streets and public spaces, and mapped the different communities around Wuhan.
The 147,000-square-metre scheme includes a series of office and residential towers, as well as a hotel and impressive new public spaces, animated by a variety of shops, cafes and restaurants at ground level.
The aim is to create a walkable, highly permeable new part of the city – the volume of traffic has been reduced and the majority of vehicles have been relocated below ground to create a network of pedestrian streets, with road widths kept to a minimum.