ZhuJiaJiao Masterplan and Development 朱家角康桥水乡小城

朱家角 总体规划及开发

There is something very beautiful about water towns in China. It is a beauty that comes from a harmonic relationship between man and nature. The two collaborate to make culture. Designing these towns is equivalent to structuring a building that defines this relationship — expressing water town DNA in the art of architecture.

The overall master plan for this project was inspired by the evolution trend of traditional living styles. The special connection between buildings and water and the public access to both water and buildings is the key organizing principle of this plan. The water is in walking distance from every household in town. In the middle of the site, where several canals intersect, is the current site of Zhujiajiao’s arts and cultural heritage center. The design will preserve and renovate the building to become the new cultural center of the town that will promote the historical arts and crafts of water town.

We admire classic aesthetics while enjoying pithy modernism. Using the age-old principles of water town planning, this Master Plan connects us with our history; and a community of new homes with contemporary amenities forms a modern lifestyle. New and old, innovation and tradition, change and continuity, art and the art of living, a modern life in a cultural setting — these are the ideas that this new water town celebrates.

中国的江南水乡很美,其美在于人与自然之间的和谐融洽。水,是生命之源。没有水,就没有生命,就没有人类文明。

设计现代水乡,就是设计一种建筑环境以体现这种人与自然关系:在建筑艺术里表达水乡基因。

总体的规划灵感来自于中国江南传统居住模式的自然演变。建筑物与水之间的空间联系,以及连接水与建筑物的道路系统,是此次规划构成的基础组织原理。现代水乡里,户户通水。地块中间,水陆交汇处,是市镇中心,即现有朱家角传艺堂。我们将保留部分现有旧式建筑,将之改建成整个地块的文化中心,延续百年来的水乡文化及艺术。

我们既欣赏古典美的韵味隽永,也欣赏现代感的简洁明快;我们喜欢传统水乡,古老的朱家角,也喜欢现代中国的家庭生活艺术。我们希望拥有昔日与当代的结合。在规划中传统布局原理的运用使我们得以接触历史;同时,舒适的现代社区让我们享受着时尚生活。新与旧,创新与传统,改变与延续,艺术与人生,传统格式下的时尚生活:这些,就是这次设计规划的理念与构想,现代水乡、新朱家角的核心所在。