G107 Bao’an – Design Brief | ao architect

Our team was invited to redesign highway G107 and its surrounding area in Bao’an, Shenzhen. The other competitors included OMA and 5 global design firms. Bao’an is upgrading its old manufacturing sector to be sustainable and technology oriented, the city of Bao’an also wants to modernize its 30km long 12lane G107 highway to allow for more efficient transit and new real estate development projects.

We started the G107 challenge by questioning the role of a highway. We propose that traditional highways are outdated and inefficient. Our presentation will demonstrate that multimodal transportation systems that integrate automated technologies like drones, autopilot vehicles and highspeed transit are the future of 21st century urban development. We believe there is no need to expand Bao’an’s 12lane highway. Instead of treating the traditional highway as a fixed piece of infrastructure, we will design a smaller, more fluid, multilayered, thoroughfare that will be a spectacular starting point of growth for an organic smart city.

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