Nantong, at the gate of the Yangtze River, is an important industrial base in modern Chinese history. Located in the Yangtze River Delta city cluster and the one-hour economic circle of Shanghai and Suzhou, Nantong’s urban renewal has huge regional advantages and development potential.

The site connects the Yangtze River Estuary wharf area and the Wushu Square New Town area, totalling 510 hectares. The project is centred on the key cultural and tourism programs of the Yangtze River Estuary and supported by Fenshuidao Sports Park, connecting multiple levels of urban public spaces, and activating the urban commercial and residential functions in the region. It responses to a series of urban renewal issues such as port area renewal, historical and cultural protection, and new ecological cultural tourism implantation in a diversified and open way.

Interaction: The compositional public space enables interactions between important local actors, which activates integrated publicity of the core region. 

Intelligence: Design introduces a 3D neural network structure to construct a smart multi-layered public space system, which has the characteristics of self-organization, tolerance and excellent ductility to adapt to various spacial/tempo needs. 

Symbiosis: Using the interactive intelligence system as a hub to realize the symbiosis between individuals and the city in space, behaviour, interface and information level, which leads to the creation of a world-class super city public cluster. 

LOCATION：Jiangsu, China

CLIENT: Baoneng Investment Group Co., Ltd
SIZE：510 ha
TYPE：Conceptual Design, Urban Design
TIME：2019
STATUS：Completed