Status: Conceptualization Phase
Location: Tianjin, China
Tianjin, a sizeable city near Beijing, has a rich heritage of late 19th and early 20th century residential architecture, particularly within the foreign concessions at the edge of the old city. Purva had a chance to work on this masterplan community while at RAMSA. The local architecture inspired our designs for the residences at Zero Island, where some 50 two and three-story houses will be built on 9.3 hectares at the south end of a man-made lake, connected to the shore on either side by two bridges. Our plan proposes a central elliptical green that is ringed with freestanding townhouses in the spirit of London's residential squares. A second ring road conforms to the island's irregular coast, maximizing dramatic views across the lake. Radial roads offer small parks. A continuous public path along the waterfront leads to a marina at the north end of the island and a clubhouse to the south.
