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The scope of this project is to design twenty (20) bridges to span over an intricate waterway system inside the greenbelt surrounding the financial island of the start-up zone in the ambitious Xiong-an New City in China. Among these twenty bridges, three are pedestrian-only bridges and others are both vehicular and pedestrian. Xiong-an is located […]
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Kunming is a picturesque city in southwestern China with spring-like weather all year round. Dianchi is Kunming’s largest lake with over 298 square kilometers of water area. The city’s number seven municipal water treatment plant sits by the northwestern corner of the lake. It plays an important role in keeping the water clean clear and
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This project is an elderly-themed mixed-use land development. Its site is next to a huge reservoir called the long-life lake which was built in the 1950s. The locals are known for having relatively longer lives than the national average. This project is intended to promote this tradition and use it as a marketing strategy for
HKI Elderly Town Master Plan Read More »
Like many cities in the world, the river Fen is Taiyuan’s main north-south river. It provides lifelines, vitality, and emotional anchor to the city throughout its 2500-year history. The new Fendong CBD district is being planned by the Fen River as Taiyuan expands southwards along the river. SAAN was hired by the land developer to
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This project is the newly proposed community center for the master-planned low-density neighborhood of a rural community near the west Texas city of Amarillo. The center includes basic neighborhood service facilities such as a coffee shop and a convenience store, a fitness center, a community meeting hall, a preschool, and a postal center. It is
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Xiamen is building its new airport. It will have a super capacity of 62 million passengers and one million metric tonnes of cargo annual throughput by the Year 2030. Like many airports in China, it is also planning its airport city which immediately surrounds the airport. For Xiamen, the new airport is located on an
Xiamen Airport City Master Plan Enhancement Recommendations Read More »
We designed a mega-size air cargo hub for Jiaxing’s International Airport. As a cargo airport, this cargo hub will generate most of the runway aircraft movement. It will handle a forecasted annual 1.12 million metric tonnes of cargo throughput by 2030 and about 2.45 million metric tonnes by 2045. It is also estimated that about
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This project is intended as a science and technology park for the Beijing-based semiconductor company Wisdom Semiconductor Co. SAAN was invited by Wisdom Co to prepare a preliminary project design concept. This design concept will be based on an assumed standardized land parcel of 100 Chinese Mu (i.e. 66,600 square meters), as Wisdom has not
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Among China’s large airports, Zhengzhou International (CGO) is considered one of the luckiest, grows the fastest, and has the strongest support from the local government. Speaking of luck, CGO was chosen by Apple’s Asia Sidekick Foxconn in 2010 to build one of the largest iPhone manufacturing plants right on airport property. The reason is that
Zhengzhou International Airport Phase 3 Expansion Master Plan Read More »
Linyi is a city in China’s Shandong province. Its international airport was originally built in 1958, and later expanded in 1991 and again in 2016. The current passenger terminal 2 was built in 2017. In recent years, with LYI’s passenger throughput exploding, it has been operating under capacity for several years. A new terminal is
Linyi INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LYI) TERMINAL 3 Architectural Design Read More »