City of hundred gardens

A complementary system of a variety of public spaces (gardens and parks) gives a unique character to this part of the Shenzhen’s metropolitan area.
Functionally, gardens are well integrated into the proposed infrastructure and public space networks. As such, gardens exploit the full potential of these ambitious over-arching urban systems and give them more depth and meaning. Sizes, concepts, public programs and identities of the gardens differ. They are related to the uses in the direct vicinity. Every garden operates and adds value to the development at the local level, while all of them together connect into a genuine urban whole that distinguishes itself at the city scale.

The city of the 100 gardens allows flexible implementation. Small and medium scale public spaces are the drivers of the plan’s implementation through time.
Realization can start anywhere in the plan area. Phasing is flexible, as the quality of the realized areas is determined at the local level, being relatively independent, yet adding a critical quality to the whole plan.
The existing city structure with roads and buildings is starting point. In time the existing structure can be independently enriched with a structure of gardens and parks. The parks and gardens are tied together by a system of pedestrian pathways. Making it one big garden.

CBD and the Transport Hub function as an ecosystem of complementary programs on both district and city levels. Recognisable in the Shenzhen context. Adding and at the same time deriving value from the local level.
Combined with the optimal connectivity for all transport modes in the district, especially pedestrians and bikes via a coherent system of pathways and bike lanes connecting the district to its wider environment.