B.A.R.C. - Greening the Metropolis

CAOFEIDIAN ECOCITY

Urban China is booming…..but still without any real vision. Now the green city is on the agenda across the nation this must change. The project Caofeidian–Genetic City is China’s most ambitious response to the triple-challenge of explosive growth, environmental pressure, and healthy human desires for the future. Press Release Exhibition + Forum

中国的城市建设如火如荼……关于城市的远见卓识却仍然缺位。当绿色城市已登上国家的议事日程表之时，这必须被改变。曹妃甸进化城项目是在中国最有抱负的探索，它试图同时回应三重挑战——城市的爆炸性增长、环境的压力以及人类对未来的欲望。新闻发布

EXHIBITION: GENETIC CITY

Join DCF for the opening ceremony of the group program ADAPTATIONS and the exhibition installation GENETIC CITY by DCF / Neville MARS. A 46 meter long video wall detailing the sustainable evolution of Caofeidian Ecocity. In collaboration with Ma Yansong / MAD, Urbanus, MVRDV + T?F, Tsinghua University, Brearley Architects and Urbanists, Rocksteady Design, Powerhouse Company, Urban China, ZUS and MARS-1. Saturday 14 Aug - 7 Sept, Dutch Culture Centre, Shanghai.

欢迎参加团队合作项目“进化”的开幕酒会，以及由动态城市基金会 (DCF)/何新城事务所设计完成的关于“进化城”项目的装置艺术展。届时我们将通过一幅长达46米的影像装置向您展现曹妃甸生态城的可持续进化过程。在这一项目中您将看到来自马岩松建筑事务所、都市实践、MVRDV + T?F、清华大学建筑学院、BAU、Rocksteady 设计, Powerhouse、城市中国.ＺＵＳ以及何新城建筑事务所这十个团队的设计与协作。开幕酒会将于８月１４日（周六）下午16:00-18:00 在上海市常德路800号荷兰文化馆举行

FORUM: GREEN FROM SCRATCH

Sunday: the forum GREEN FROM SCRATCH. A panel of 30 renowned speakers who will rotate in ongoing discussion on the future of green cities in China. Key topics: Defining green living, evolutionary planning and reshaping regulations to allow sustainability to take root. Reserved seats are available on request, Sunday 15/8, 9.45-18.00, Theater, Dutch Culture Centre.

从头绿论坛

我们同时在此诚邀阁下光临“从头绿”论坛。在此论坛上，将有30位知名嘉宾就中国未来

绿色城市的建设发表演讲。其主要议题为：如何通过定义绿色生活、进化式规划和修定规
范让可持续发展植根于中国。本论坛将于8月15日（周日）9:45-18:00 在上海市常德路800号荷兰文化馆剧场举行。

Proposal in ten mutations

video links

Tsinghua School of Architecture Caofeidian Genetic City 2010-2012

Rocksteady Design Caofeidian Genetic City 2013-2015

ZUS Caofeidian Genetic City 2016-2018

Urban China / Jiang Jun Caofeidian Genetic City 2019-2021

BAU Caofeidian Genetic City 2022-2024

URBANUS Caofeidian Genetic City 2025-2027

MARS-1 space design Caofeidian Genetic City 2028-2030

Powerhouse Company Caofeidian Genetic City 2031-2033

MAD / Ma Yansong Caofeidian Genetic City 2034-2036

MVRDV Caofeidian Genetic City 2037-2040

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Low resolution videos here for those behind the Chinese Wall:

ZUS, Rocksteady, Tsinghua + URBANUS, BAU, Urban China + MVRDV, MAD, Powerhouse, MARS-1

Concept trailer Caofeidian Genetic City 2010-2040

BARC - Beyond Architectural Regulations in Caofeidian

Does it make sense that the new green cities heralded in Asia and the Middle-east look the same? That they are designed like any car city and constructed far from the rest of urban society ? Sustainability seems to mean suburbia with solar panels. Pressure in the boom economies simply prevents innovation on a city-wide scale.

The Dynamic City Foundation has invited 5 Dutch and 5 Chinese aggressively creative companies to conceive a long-term vision for Caofeidian; the new green dream of northern China. Not building at once, but designing in relay, teams will one by one propose an expansion of the city and pass the project along. Evolution as the start of the Organic City.

BARC aims to explore a process of evolutionary greening for the city of Caofeidian from 2010 to 2040. To achieve this the teams have been asked to expand Caofeidian with 100 000 people in a 3 year period. During a period of ten weeks the 3D file of the cumulative proposal will travel from office to office. The process is documented in order to trace the emergence of a green metropolis over time and understand the qualities of a city as an organic entity. The video footage and the proposals will be visualized in a set of ten videos and presented in ten boxes (image above) and presented at a Dutch Culture House of the Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Neville Mars / DCF

超越中国的建筑规范: 绿色规划的演变

“超越中国的建筑规范”是由动态城市基金会发起的一个颇具抱负的设计／研究协作项目，该项目以有形的案例研究力图拓展可持续发展的中国视野。该方法以其整体性和长期性，模拟规划方案的演变，设计师和政策制定者均可由此借鉴新型可持续发展规划之要领。第一阶段主要是探索与激发灵感。为上海2010世博会荷兰展馆所作，项目汇总了来自荷兰和中国的八支团队，在四个月内集中设计。目的在于把绿色都市重构为一个随时间推移而不断发展的有机体。最终的作品将以引人入胜的视觉方式向世博会观众呈现，并将在专业论坛上接受著名规划师和生态学家的评判。第二阶段是实现。工作团队将在具体地点与地方政府部门密切协作，使“超越中国建筑规范”成为一个演进规划的先导性示范项目。将荷兰设计的理念与荷兰工程公司的见地与技术相结合，力图在可持续规划领域创造出独道的产品。

何新城 / 动态城市基金会

BACKGROUND

~ Without integrated planning a collection of well designed sustainable buildings can still amount to a poorly operating, ultimately unsustainable city. ~ Neville Mars, Dynamic City Foundation

WHY: Even today no over-arching, holistic or integrated green planning model exists in the world. While, particularly in boom economies such as China, the shortcomings of existing green planning models are quickly coming to the surface. Unable to adapt to changing needs China’s new cities are outdated the day of completion. Not surprisingly, as China’s young society rapidly creates many new demands and desires, the aggressively competitive market leaves designers no time to produce long-term strategies or think in flexible solutions. Sustainability however, can only be conceived, achieved and be paid for on the long term.

Project BARC aims to offer an antidote by inviting 10 progressive design offices to step by step imagine a visionary plan for Caofeidian Ecocity - one of the most prominent new green cities in China. Starting from scratch Project BARC simulates the growth of this city’s aspired high-speed development process for the period 2010 till 2040. One after the other, for 3 year cycles each team proposes an urban expansion of 100 000 people to achieve a city of 1 million people for the year 2040. For every three-year growth cycle DCF has prescribed different ‘hopes and hazards’ that are likely to impact urbanization - from rising sea levels, to a rise in wind power, etc. As the urban expansion proposals add up, an accelerated urbanization process becomes manifest. We can see how layers of designed solutions unfold and how each step impacts the next and shaping the evolution of a sustainable city.

HOW: The second hurdle for sustainability involves regulations. Urban planning codes have not yet been updated to deal with the broad implications of contemporary forms of urban sustainability. In previous research it became clear that in China, working within the official planning regulations effectively makes it impossible to design a sustainable city. Apart from inadvertently promoting sprawl, the regulations actually prevent innovation. The building off-set rules produce cities that are hostile to pedestrians. As a result, although green buildings and technologies are welcomed and often good planning is attempted, the city is unable to break away from inefficiency, congestion and pollution. This situation is particularly harsh in China, yet globally outdated regulations are slowing down the innovation of green planning and prevent much needed transition beyond basic solar voltaics or wastewater management.

Project BARC (Beyond Architectural Regulations in China) temporarily abandons short-term restrictions and regulations to give room for green solutions beyond the current norm. The goal is to collectively generate an ideal master plan. Ideal, not simply in terms of energy efficiency, but as a future living environment. Apart from revealing the limits of current policies, visualizing what the green city could ultimately entail serves a number of practical purposes; an over-arching vision for the future allows engineers and designers working in this field to streamline their efforts towards a common goal. At the same time it can show policymakers and consumers what an evolutionary approach to planning today could offer residents of a green city tomorrow. As such, the proposed city for 2040 is both a pilot project to be realized in Caofeidian and a tool to discuss how to move towards real urban sustainability in China.

展示: 更大的城市让生活更美好

记录设计过程对于项目是非常关键。展示也将尽力地切合规划原作。考虑到知识更替的速度，对话交流与实际制作过程才是重点。初步的讨论和设计准备可在动态城市基金会的网络平台上被追踪。第一阶段——集思广益，草图素描及设计产生——将在动态城市基金会北京工作室的蓝屏房间进行。整个过程将通过DV详细记录，设计师被置于他们自己方案的渲染中，并讲述所设计城市背后的概念。最终的视频将以动画快进的形式,展现一个城市，如何从 2010年到2050年规模扩大了两倍；即一个绿色都市兴起的由来。

超越温室玻璃球

或者说，规划一定要大

绿色都市终于挤进了世界议程。在中东和中国，首批零碳城市的方案已经完成；所有大项目也不再局限于绿色建筑单体，而旨在创造闭合的环境体系。在野心和技术的推动下，这些零碳城市都是自上而下式新城规划的极品。但世界上的城市化进程——尤其是发展中国家——极少是建新城的产物，而是郊区蔓生或草根城市化的结果。尽管绿色新城的效率尚可，但它们与外界隔绝、不灵活、社会性被扭曲而且高度依赖于私家车，有些只能按特殊定义才勉强算得上环保。这些项目暴露的是——我们仍然缺少能应对“市场趋动型城市化”的划，同时证明了可持续规划固有的复杂性：

只有绿色都市才够大,才能形成闭合的综合体系。
要成就规模，绿色都市必须在现存的城市中心基础上发展、演变。
若要绿色都市的效率超过绿色插件之和, 则要与周围、社会及文化环境发生相当细密的关联。

中国规范之噪或者说

为什么规划需要灵活性

关于全球的可持续性，全世界都既焦虑又期待地看向中国。既然中国城市化的热潮还将持续三十年，一个着眼于未来的规划必然会让中国大大受益。中国很愿意照搬来自西方的绿色模式，但实际上只是在做绿色的表面文章。首先，世界上没有可持续规划的现成模式，也没有能适应中国高速城市化进程的模式。其次，中国的规划编制和规划文化是以理顺疯狂的建设秩序为目的，这从根本上抑制了顾全大局的方法的产生。近来，一些最先进的国外规划都因为与中国情况脱节，最终沦为了概念废品。同时，更为务实的技术升级让原本低效的城市系统和本地的生活方式得以持续。此番分离基本上让中式西式的努力互相抵消，只有以下情形有可能解决问题：

形成可持续规划的远见：兼顾市场驱动性且着眼于未来。
能在规划完成后进一步演变，能适应中国建设速度的巨大压力和中国的规划文化。
有超越中国建筑规范的意愿

规划快进

或者说，模拟演变的扩张

规划快进或者说，模拟演变的扩张为了达到高度的设计整合，项目必须跟得上中国发展的加速度。“超越中国建筑规范”项目以动态城市基金会对中国闪电城市化数年研究的结果为基础。动态城市基金会认为城市是一个有机整体，在自上而下和自下而上的力量的碰撞的推动下不断发展演变。要对有机生长有效地回应，必须长期在各个层面有序地努力——从国家规定、地方网络、到街区并最终到终端用户才有可能实现。因此项目应该追踪规划不同层面的决策。这有一个矛盾，那就是在短短四个月的时间里，项目需要分析数十年、持续规划决策的叠加效应。为了实现目标，我们根据中国的五年经济规划周期设计了一个具体的研究方法来模拟未来四十年的状况。我们邀请了八个设计团队，四个来自荷兰，四个来自国，他们将为同一个城市做接力设计。每个团队负责在上一团队的规划之上开发下一个五年规划。具体的设计在workshop中完成。每个团队有一周的准备时间，另有两天用于现场估，并于一周后完成。他们将在限期内的最后一天把自己的设想方案交给下一个五年计划的负责团队。项目完成后，将展现从2010年至2050年四十年间长期而具体的规划，以及规划本身加速发展的模拟。

CHINESE FIRMS

Tsinghua School of Architecture: Zhu Wenyi, Song Yehao, Terrence Curry with Alex Camprubi
Urbanus: Hui Wang, Wu Wenyi
MAD: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun
Urban China: Jiang Jun, Han Yan, Nan Xueqian
BAU: James Brearley, Fang Qun

DUTCH FIRMS

MARS-1: Neville Mars, He Bowen and Alain Fouraux
MVRDV + T?F: Winy Maas, Paul Kroese, Pirjo Haikola
Z.U.S.: Elma van Boxel, Kristian Koreman
Rocksteady Design: Barend Koolhaas, Femke Bijlsma, Reinier Suurenbroek
Powerhouse Company: Nanne de Ru, Charles Bessard

Dignitaries:
Director Lin Peng, Party Secretary Yao Zimin, Mayor Jiwei Sun, Prof Wang Dong, Prof Su Yunsheng, Prof Zhuo Jian, Director Henk Ovink, Director Michelle Provoost, Prof Martin de Jong, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Eric Verwaal

Forum Critics:
Alain Fouraux, Yu Bing, Li Xiangning, Richard Hsu, Jonathan Woetzel, Martijn de Waal, Zhang Chuanwen, Kate Dun.

Moderators:
Adrian Hornsby , Neville Mars, Koon Wee