Steinberg Architects, an international design firm, recently announced they will manage the design of the extensive Changsha Songya Hu mixed-use project in China after winning an intensely competitive bid process. Key aspects of the project include a waterfront business district, an entertainment district, and an ecological model community mixing residences and green public spaces. More images and project description after the break.
Set in the scenic outskirts of Changsha, a regional metropolis with 7 million residents located on the Xiang River about 400 miles north of Hong Kong, Changsha Songya Hu will develop 7,000 acres. The total building area is 80 million square feet — the rough equivalent of 30 Empire State Buildings spread across a 3-square-mile area. Changsha, the capital of China’s Hunan Province, is also the birthplace of Moa Zedong, architect and founding father of the People’s Republic of China.
