Xichong Coast Recovery Plan Hassell

Location Xichong, Shenzhen, China Client Shenzhen Bureau of Urban Planning and Natural Resources / Administrative Committee of Shenzhen Dapeng New District

Jury comment

This speculative proposal provides a holistic approach to a coastal tourism region near Shenzhen that is impacted by climate change. Negotiating environmental, economic, social and cultural aspects of the region through a long-term, multifaceted and multi-scalar strategy, the project is underpinned by a strong reading of the site’s ecology and an exploration of how new infrastructures and tourist facilities can shape more resilient landscape systems. Collaborating with an engineer, the landscape team has developed hybrid approaches to infrastructure that support tourism while defending the coastline against typhoons. The jury commends the proposal’s critique of the region’s existing tourist economy and the alternative approach developed, which involves community management of the local industry and the landscapes that support it. Overall, this project demonstrates the thinking that landscape architects can bring to complex landscapes undergoing climaterelated change in the coming decades.

Landscape architect and urban designer Hassell Collaborator

Mott MacDonald Imagery Hassell