JTP's First Community Planning Event in China

Published on 13 March 2014

Staff from the London, Shanghai and Edinburgh studios recently facilitated JTP’s first community planning event in China.

The Vision for Changzhi Town Centre Community Planning Event recently took place at developer Greentown’s Changzhi offices over the course of a weekend.

Students and teachers from the Zhejiang Oceanographic University Changzhi campus together with members of the Changzhi Residents' Association, representatives from three local villages, the City's Planning bureau, Commerce and Investment bureau and Greentown's management and marketing teams all participated in the charrette.

The Charrette aimed to give the community the chance to voice their dreams for the future of Changzhi and contribute their ideas towards the design of the town centre.

A number of ideas were generated on the day, such as providing places and quality services for people of all ages, a green and well-connected public transport system and bike hire across the island. Other ideas included providing places for university students to interact with other communities in Changzhi and using social media to discover people in Zhousan with expertise in art, business and other activities to represent local culture in Changzhi.

Following the event the JTP team and representatives from Greentown analysed the outcomes and assessed the points of consensus and dilemmas from the community planning session. The team will now work on designing the town centre and building work will begin on site by the end of Summer 2014.

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