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Urban Color Planning and Design in Guangzhou
By : Guo Hongyu，Cai Yunnan，Li Jinghai, Liu Jiezhen, Cai Wenyue, Zhu Yongting, Chen Hong, Tan Jiayu, Zhao Jing, Li Yiran, etc.
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 17th edition
Discipline : Landscape & Territories
Categories : Urban Design / Civic Design Project : Bronze Certification
Guangzhou is an important commercial city in the coastal areas of southern China. She is a south subtropical climate city with long summer and short winter, high temperature and humid heat, so is known as the flower city because of its lush plants and many flowers.
Entrusted by Guangzhou Planning Bureau, we have undertaken the urban color planning of Guangzhou. This is the first urban color planning completed in China’s first-tier cities.
In this project, we foud the color range suitable for local climate characteristics through light and thermal environment analysis，extracted color samples from Baiyun Mountain, Pearl River, ocean, soil and vegetation, summarized the color characteristics of traditional buildings and local color preferences in Guangzhou, and extracted the recommended urban color spectrum with “A Sun-shining Color Gouache” specially belonging to Guangzhou through induction, separation and other color spectrum extraction technologies. The main color tone of the spectrum is the “sunshine-feeling intermediate colors”－the medium-high clarity、medium-low purity yellow-grey. This sunny and bright color tone is most suitable for the characteristics of Guangzhou’s natural environment and historical and cultural traditions.
We planned the spatial structure of urban colors , and designed some key sections such as historical blocks, riverside landscape belt and arcade commercial street, and formulated urban color planning guidelines. In addition, in combination with the recommended urban color spectrum, we have formulated the guidelines for building materials matching the recommended colors, so that the recommended urban color spectrum can be implemented more effectively. The project not only includes the architectural color design of several key districts in Guangzhou, but also extends to the color design of roads and bridges, structures and subway signage systems, greatly improving the city image and achieving significant environmental and social benefits.
The results of the project began to be implemented after the approval，and become the basis for urban color design and review in Guangzhou. The project not only achieves long-term guidance of the urban color environment of Guangzhou, but also gradually realizes the organic integration and shaping of urban culture. It has been highly praised by the urban planning experts and user for its scientificity, artistic expression and effective practical guidance.
Collaboration
Landscape Architecture : Tan Jiayu
