Baisha “the new river city” aims to blend an innovative urban design approach and the tradition from Chinese civilization of cities.
As part of the new district of Zhengbian (connecting the areas of Zhengzhou east and Kaifeng west) the Zhengzhou new district will be a key urban project for the fu¬ture development of Henan province. Baisha cluster, with an area of about 42 sq.km, intended primarily for scientific educational research, technology and innovative industry, will become an important urban centre that also contains resi¬dential, administrative, leisure, and cultural buildings along with corresponding urban services.
The banks of the canal that crosses the district expresses a commit¬ment to make a new riverfront the defining feature of the urban identity, represent¬ing the spirit that guided so many cities in ancient china along the yellow river.
With water as the connecting element, the new public spaces, traffic infrastructures, integrated landscape, and buildings of high architectural quality will shape a living and sustainable city along the river. In this way, we will achieve a balance between memory and innovation that links contemporary Zhengzhou with the ancient tradi¬tions of its history.
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