There is also a real market for the ingredients of living.
Editor’s note: This article is from Economic Observer , author: Zhang Yanan.
In a recent article interaction, I asked the reader a question. What kind of format do you most want to appear in the shopping center? The answer is of course varied. The “hope for a temple” has received the highest praise. Maybe it’s because it’s full of imagination and fun.
In my impression, there are not many temples in China’s shopping malls. There is a temple separated from the road in Shenzhen’s Vientiane World. It is within the scope of the renovation of China Resources, but it is not counted in Vientiane. in. Chengdu Oceanic Taikooli is one of the most satisfactory requirements. The 1600-year-old Daci Temple is located in the project and has been incredibly strong.
In Daci Temple, you can spend 10 yuan to buy a cup of tea, enjoy a leisurely Chengdu-style leisure, and go out to the temple gate, which is Chengdu’s most fashionable commercial center. A temple and a commercial place are so closely planned, it is a very unique thing.
However, Hao Lin, the head of architectural design at Taikoo Celebrity in Chengdu and the managing partner of Oval partnership Architects, said that historically, the characteristics of urban centers are very obvious, that is, there are religions and markets, and China is a temple plus Temple fair, the west is the church plus the market, Taikoo is nothing but a tight grasp of the characteristics that a city should have.
The characteristics of Chengdu Taiyang Taigu Li are actually much more than just “have a temple”. It is located in Daci Temple, one of the three historical districts in Chengdu. It was like the most traditional city center, and it was rundown and old. With a lot of historical imprints, it is no longer able to attract young people.
High-level commercial upgrades have changed the fashion trend of Chengdu people to regard Taikoo Li as a way of life; commercial real estate people must have a list on the study list; foreign heads of state will come to Chengdu with great interest. Number of domestic brands.
How is it done? Swire would say that design and operation are two magic weapons.
In the past, the industry’s focus was on investment promotion in Taikoo. This is indeed worthwhile for the mainland traders to learn. However, when the recent Economic Observer and Hao Lin exchanged ideas on urban renewal and community building, the design of Chengdu and Beijing Architects in Taikoo have given many different perspectives. For example, urban vitality comes from density, streets are more important than architecture, and acupuncture therapy is used instead of large-scale demolition. For the current urban renewal boom, these perspectives deserve to be valued and considered. II have compiled the contents of this exchange and hope to benefit the readers.
Street is more important than architecture
A good city must have some good features. For example, the city’s space must be dynamic, it must be diverse, and its environmental performance should be good. It must have a real feeling, interact with the place, and integrate with the old and the old. Let it be here. Work and life have a sense of belonging.
These characteristics are the starting point for our cooperation with Taikoo. I believe that this is not a good thing to do with the brain. There are methods to be said and historical.
In March 2008, we entered the scene. There is an open space around Daci Temple. Except for a few old houses, most of them are grass. The incense of Daci Temple is quite strong. You can imagine this in the center of a city. A large open space, like a piece of paper, everyone’s expectations are very high.
How should the understanding of culture and understanding of history be presented? Enterprises have the demands of enterprises, and businesses also have business considerations. I think our role is very small. There are more factors in it. We must listen to the opinions of local people, the opinions of the merchants, the opinions of experts, the opinions of historians, the opinions of religious people, and the cultural people. Opinion, we need to digest and understand these factors, and understand what happened in this place in all dynasties and in all aspects.
This is a relatively delicate and long process. Our team has got a very important thought to put the elegance of the city’s public life and cultural history in a street, park, garden, and emphasize the street. The atmosphere, not the architectural atmosphere. In Taikoo, the space between buildings is more important than architecture.
The development of the city, both ancient and modern, is basically developed from the public space. In today’s Rome, London, and New York, it is found that the street is more important than architecture.
The charm that everyone feels in any city today comes from the feeling of the street – avenues, snacks, different shops, friends who meet at the corner, many performances at night, etc. So strong, although the details of the building are different, but what makes you feel unified is that these streets and public spaces can carry various functions.
One trend in the world is also to change the pedestrian street back in the urban renewal so that everyone can go there and stay away from the car, go abroad, or go to Shanghai, Beijing to transform better places, you I will see a lot of interesting things, and I will not feel tired when I walk.
This kind of walking space is considered by Taikoo, and all our planning, the main force should be placed on the street.
If we describe the structure of the building as the first level, the ground of the building is said to be the second level, and the third level is the trees, fountains, street lamps, trash cans, seats, art, The canopy that extends from the store, etc., is what really makes people feel good in the city.
Of course, there is the fourthLevel, education, when you enter the urban space, you can always bring something back, these things may be knowledge, or the experience of growing up.
The authenticity of the old and new combination
I personally feel that when I enter the night, the charm of Taikoo Li is beginning to show up. The crowds are moving, the bustling, the light in the store is reflected, and the old house can be seen far away. When you enter the Taikoo from the outside, you will feel it. This is a refined design space.
Taigu Li is a design idea similar to the Qingming Shanghe map. In fact, our research object is not Chengdu Taikooli itself. At that time, the homework required a new round of planning for the surrounding area, how to connect with the Shabu Street, and the subway. How the square is combined is not a design of a large box with a wall, it is a highly infiltrating planning task.
The street density and permeability of Taikoo Li are more dense than other streets. We use the design idea of a small street, so that you can travel freely in the alley.
This texture not only creates a small street structure, but more importantly, it combines old and new.
Every old house has been translated at the time of planning, meaning and life. During the creation of Taikoo Li, I went to Tokyo to ask a cultural conservation expert how to resurrect the old house. He said that there are three things: First, clean, after resurrecting the old house, we must make everyone feel very clean; second, open, everyone You can enjoy the time of history; the third is to continue to use.
This is a simple statement, but it is complicated to operate. For example, our visitor center in the Guangdong Guild Hall, using the Qing Dynasty wall of the Guangdong Guild Hall as the background of the visitor center, now everyone can see the very beautiful sandstone relief under the Qing Dynasty pillar, this relief was buried underground, we put The surface is lowered and the reliefs are displayed. Everything is carefully restored. It is necessary to combine the old and the new, but don’t intervene too much.
We and the developers want to make the planning more hierarchical and logical, think of “fast inside” and “slowly”, around the Daci Temple is slow, slow life, there are teahouses, water systems and plants, will make people feel To the quiet and leisure; in the fast, there will be high-definition fashion shops, let people feel the vitality of the city, in this planning logic, merchants are easy to take their place.
In the design of lighting, the slow lighting is darker and warmer. It is brighter and cooler in the summer. The inspiration of Japanese lighting designers comes from the fast-moving urban personality of Chengdu.
The overall plan that was finally presented is definitely not a retro one, because we have no interest in retro things. We hope to create a modern block with historical charm for Chengdu, but the texture and texture it produces can make People think of the old days.
Swire is not the place where the bus is parked outside. This may be what we want to avoid. We hope that everyone will use Taikoo as a place of daily life. This creates a problem. Chengdu Taikoo must have authenticity, usually the sights willWith the feeling of Disney, it is a good old time, but can not go every day, the authenticity distinguishes Taikoo from Disney.
City updated acupuncture therapy
All the world’s downtown areas are slowly being updated in a fragmented, incremental way. Demolition is more and more, you don’t have that much money. If you want to update in the old district, choose several activation points, create a symbolic node, generate a few streets, let everyone feel what to do, gradually add one Galleries, a museum, such a small fund, a high resonance, and let everyone find experience, we call acupuncture therapy, this fragmentary urban renewal is very important.
Many governments are willing to take the rest and tear down, but it has become very difficult. The chances of taking out the city center are all less and less. Without such a large capital, the people may not be able to buy it.
If you put Taikoo in the big map of Chengdu, it is very small, it is acupuncture, which encourages Chengdu people to think about their own culture and creativity. It is not big enough to destroy the whole texture of the city, or Say, there is not enough energy to produce an irreparable gentry.
There is now a development of taxis in the world. The original residents have no way to continue living here and the rents are high. I don’t think there is any answer to this question. If it is really necessary to solve it, it can only be created by the community. The way the community is created is that everyone thinks together and does not exclude anyone from thinking.
Can you copy it in Taikoo?
Today’s Taikoo Li has begun to have the characteristics of some world-class cities, such as strong story, high degree of mixing, cinema, bookstore, retail, restaurant, residence, office, a variety of functional mix Together.
The shaping of such a public space has to go a long way to a refined road. There is no way to make it overnight. It needs a creative mechanism to find the enthusiasm and professional ability of everyone to do this. Job. Let the artist do the art and let the lighting engineer do the lighting. In this project, there are thousands of people who create ideas and even construction units. He will also tell you that this node seems to be better. There are too many such people, and we have no way to record each person’s name.
We found that in many projects in China, it is not the mechanism of this kind of creation. A famous architect, as if everything he said is correct, this will naturally erase the richness.
Some places began to copy Taikoo Li. In many cases, it took a form. I even found that someone put the symbolic logo of the neighborhood in the hospital. This is not good.
If you really want to copy, there is no old house in this venue. Can you not do Taikoo? This is not the case. You are on the waterfront of a river. It is possible to create a Taikoo, because the most important experience is how to create a public space where everyone can innovate and innovate.
Looking back, the mix of Chengdu Oceanic Taikoo can be better. I prefer the Covent Garden project in London. It has a market, a church, a museum, a residence, an office, a Royal Academy of Performing Arts, etc. It is very famous, it has a living element, and there is a real market, its richness. Taikoo Li is still not up to date, but with the upgrade and regional integration, I hope to do so.