Team announced to rejuvenate world’s longest canal

An international design competition aimed to reinvigorate Hangzhou’s Grand Canal has named Hassell + ALYA the winning scheme.

Our proposal, in partnership with Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects (ALYA), was to create a valuable, ecologically regenerated space for the city’s people and to restore the legacy of the Canal’s bustling past.

Date

April 06, 2021

The team proposed a network of two main belts with three corridors, creating a framework of canal life based on traditional Chinese 12 double-hour timekeeping. Keeping the unique needs of a waterfront community front-of-mind, a ‘public space toolkit’ was developed to showcase how we could unlock a hive of activity along the waterfront.

Stay tuned for updates on the Hangzhou Grand Canal scheme.

PROJECT

Colma Creek, South San Francisco

STUDIO

Shanghai

NEWS

Revitalising Shenzhen’s waterways

Our plan to revitalise a 24-kilometre stretch of riverfront will become a reality for one of the world’s most rapidly developing cities.

TOPICS

What makes a waterfront world class?

Today, across the world, waterfronts are as fundamental to cities as water is to life.

PROJECT

Darwin Waterfront Public Domain

Our design for the Darwin Waterfront public domain reinterprets the site’s historic headlands and celebrates the city’s natural and cultural heritage.

EVENT

AIASF International Waterfronts Symposium

A famous waterfront city, San Francisco faces significant challenges to protect - and enhance - its historic port and shoreline. What can we learn from other waterfront cities and projects around the world?