INTERNATIONAL
GUI’AN INNOVATION PARK, GUIZHOU
Were there any other designers
working on the project?
Yes the team from Tsingua University.
What was the budget? (If you can
say)
I don’t know what the budget was
unfortunately.
Photo by - HKS
but you just have to be aware that it takes
much longer to explain ideas when you
have to go through a different language.
This is especially true when giving a
powerpoint presentation, since you have
to say what you want to say, and then wait
for it to be translated and then wait for the
answer to come back. It triples the amount
of time it takes to have a conversation,
but in some ways it slows it down so you
have to think about the answers you want
to give.
How much area does the project
cover?
The Innovation Park covers an area
of 20Ha but it forms the centrepiece
of a wider development of 1700km 2 .
Much of that area is made up of green
infrastructure and wetland management,
so the Innovation Park serves as an
exemplar of how those areas will be
managed.
Tell me more about the visitors
centre?
We worked with the team that designed
it and we looked at the sustainability
principles of the building but we didn’t
design it. Part of my role with BRE was
advising on sustainable building design
from a landscape point of view, so how
you can integrate passive systems into
buildings, So we looked at how the
building connects with the landscape. We
were involved with that but not with the
building.
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