AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM STUDIO 2011-12
PERFORMATIVE GROUND-WORK
TONGZHOU, BEIJING CHINA
Students: Leah Moukarzel, Jason Chee Han, Qijin Hana
‘Performative Ground-Works’ project has been developed in Tongzhou district. It comes as a response to rapid de-industrialization processes that take place in major Chinese cities.
The project explores mechanisms of soil remediation treatments as ‘prototypical urbanities’ intertwined with socio-ecological and economical changes. The mechanisms required to perform the ground works demand a laborious process that engages with the local community. The formation of the landscape integrates treatments in a phased development, bridging between land-form and built form. The notion of connectivity acquires an important role in merging the new ground into a continuous network of programmes, activities and spaces. Explore the complete project HERE
