From Concept to City: Chuan Liu Creates a Driven Urban Design

The defining concept is to incorporate sustainable design into the project by combining green spaces with high-rise buildings. The hybrid aims to provide a prototype that can be integrated into any urban area.

I developed an interest in culture, society, and our built environment when I was young. Architecture encompasses all the aspects organically. At the same time, I am passionate about innovative thinking, and architecture is a great medium for me to visualize my thoughts and influence other people.

To deliver socially responsible design with the thought of innovative thinking.

Yes, there are. My initial idea is to provide a meandering walking path on high-rise to build a vertical garden. It is hard to resolve circulation while incorporating green space on the exterior. Considering the challenge, I reshape the building form to make the circulation part of the massing idea. And I provide a coherent green path while creating platforms at each level as a pause for people to stop and have activities.

In general, I will come up with a few ideas that are related to the main topic. And I will try to integrate the ideas into a storyline that manifests my design strategy. During the process. I may abandon ideas that are irrelevant to the strategy. Moving on, I will translate the design strategy into spatial language.

Sustainability, urbanity and lifestyle.

1) The facade treatment should emphasize verticality to balance the spiral circulation that is mainly horizontal.

2) Use the existing urban fabric to study the necessity of green space and analyze both the pros and cons of high-rise buildings.

This recognition means a lot to me. It stimulates me to keep exploring the relationship between green space and modern cities. I would like to study further on urban fabrics to promote sustainability and prototypical design strategies that fit into future architecture.

The award will motivate me to achieve socially responsible designs by integrating innovative ideas with prototypical design strategies.

Living in a metropolis, I have always thought about improving the living/working quality while residing in a concrete jungle. The award allows me to integrate sustainable design ideas to extend the definition of high-rise working space. The potential transition in lifestyle is something I always want to bring to life.

Architecture will evolve to adapt to human needs as society progresses. As a designer and architect, I will always contribute innovative ideas with socially responsible design strategies to resolve social crises and stimulate new lifestyles.

By combining green spaces with high-rise buildings. The hybrid aims to provide a prototype that can be integrated into any urban area. The prototype calls for a new living/working lifestyle that emphasizes the importance of sustainability.

If there is no budget or limitation, I would challenge existing urban typologies by integrating climate-adaptive design to let buildings actively contribute to environmental restoration.