City History And Multi-scale Spatial Masterplanning (CHAMSPAM)Workshop

From Beijing: New Masterplanning and the Tasks We are Facing Now

Yajun Wang Deputy Chief Planner Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design UCL 15.10.2007

Who

Are We? The History of Old Beijing Beijing City Master Plan for 2020 What We Are Facing Now

Who Are We?BICP Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design & BMCUP Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning BICP is a Branch Facility of BMCUP An Institution affiliated to BMCUP and is responsible for the formulation of urban and rural plans in Beijing. A grade A planning organization approved by Ministry of Construction of China.

Structure

of BICP The main branches Department of Master Planning Department of Detailed Planning Department of Urban Design Department of Transportation Planning Department of Infrastructure Planning Department of Engineering Integration Department of Planning Research Department of Architectural Design Planning Information Center

Major

Planning Achievements

Beijing City Master Plan 2020 Beijing Central City Regulatory Plan Conservation Plan for Historic City of Beijing Conservation Plan for Beijing Imperial City Construction Plan for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Beijing CBD Plan New Town Plan for Shunyi and Yizhuang Underground Space Plan

The History of Old Beijing

The choice of site for Beijing effects unique natural geographic landscape characterized by mutual setting off of city and hill along with water.

Yuan Dadou

A long history since the city was founded Beijing has boosted a history of 3050 years (B.C.1045) since its foundation and 850 years (A.D.1153) since it was chosen as capital. It has become a comparatively intact ancient city through the evolution from Dadou in Yuan dynasty, the city of Beijing in Ming and Qing dynasties, Republic of China to new China today.

Beijing City of Ming and Qing

Jin Zhongdu

The city of Beijing in Ming and Qing dynasties is the largest imperial capital city remaining in Chinese history. Forbidden City is the most intact preserved and largest-scale imperial palace in the world. courtyard house (siheyuan)

Beijing City Master Plan for 2020 Background

1949 Peoples Republic of China, Capital Beijing 5 Enlargements of Beijing from 1949-19582,090,000 people, 707 square km 6,500,000 people, 16,400 square km now 11,000,000 + 3,000,000 immigration

5 Beijing City Master Plans1953 1958 1973 1983 1992 200419531958 1973 1983 1992

The High Speed of Chinese Economy The Sprawl of the city Press of Population, Resource, Environment

1975 2002

Spatial

Structure

2 Axes, 2 Belts and Multi-Centers

Beijing

Tianjin Baoding

New towns 11

900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 250 303 320 180 216 381 850 800

Tong Zhou New Town

Shun Yi New Town

Yi Zhuang New Town

1 Central city 11 New Towns Radius 15, 30 Km

The Beijing City Spatial Structure

2 Belts 10 Clusters 1th Greenbelt

The Beijing Central City

Public Traffic 114km 141km 226km2015, 561km ...?, 1100km

Historic

Conservation

The Whole structure of Old Beijing Historical and Cultural Preserved Area

At the South Bank I got

What We Are Facing Now After

2008 Olympic?

Re-use of the Olympic Stadiums New Town Plan and Construction Conservation of Historic Old City Reconstruction of Zone Area Reconstruction of Rural Village in Central City

What We Are Facing Now Re-use of the Olympic Stadiums

What We Are Facing Now New Town Plan and Construction Push or Attract?

What We Are Facing Now Conservation of Historic Old City Press, Scale, li

What We Are Facing Now Reconstruction of Plants Area

What We Are Facing Now Reconstruction of Rural Villages in Central City Not like those in rural area Higher price of land, low infrastructure supply