From Segregation to Integration
Planning and Designing for the Enhancement of Socio-spatial and Ecological Integration in Haizhu District, China
X. Zhao (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
D. Cannatella – Mentor (TU Delft - Landscape Architecture)
A. Romein – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture OTB)
Sylvia Jansen – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Housing Systems)
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Abstract
The discontinuities of urban development and city expansion reveal Haizhu a fragmented and diverse area that results in disparity and isolation in different communities and social groups, and decreasing green and blue spaces. The objective of this thesis is to create an integrated and comprehensive socio-ecological network in terms of corridor and node at multiple scales that can improve the socio-spatial integration and reconnect the fragmented green and blue spaces for Haizhu district. Corridor is creating a linear connection or movement between spaces with certain buffer area to surrounding context instead of just a linear feature as boundary, while node provides certain places where nature or people can integrate with each other.