Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD) has designed the regional urban renewal of the Chengdu Pengzhou Longxing Temple Area, a multifunctional development integrating cultural, commercial, hospitality and landscapes in Chengdu, China.
Drawing from traditional Chinese urban imagery, the master plan organises spaces around Longxing Temple as the focal concept of the 'ten-sided Buddha'.
A higher museum in the north, a forecourt in the south, a repurposed green space in the east and a water feature in the west.
Reinterpreted 1990s sloped roofs form interconnected aerial walkways, with skylines defined by vernacular-style buildings and the temple-inspired upturned eaves of cultural structures and landscaped courtyards and a sunken old street preservation harmonise layered vistas.
The ascending aerial corridor frames water features through controlled building heights, achieving a contemporary reinterpretation of traditional spatial hierarchy while maintaining human-scale experiences.
This project has been longlisted in the landscape and urban design category of Dezeen Awards 2025.
Studio: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD)
Project: Regional Urban Renewal of Chengdu Pengzhou Longxing Temple Area
Credits: Luoyi Yin, Shengnan Guo, Xiaofeng Zhang, Wei Li, Xinda Tang, Shuang Luo, Xiyun Shang, Feng Xu, Xiangyuan Kong, Fangfei Chen, Li Cheng, Ning Ni, Jianwei Li, Haonan Wang. Ling Ding, Di Su, Xue Zhai, Jie Yang, Yixin Chen, Xin He, Jianxian Lin, Shuwen Luo, Ping Wang, Jianjun Li, Xiangyuan, Xianrong Li, Wei Li, Wei Gao, Bo Zhang, Jianhao Song, Hong Zhou, Run Zhou, Wei Kong, Na Zhao, Yan Pei, Yuexing Wang, Sijia Li, Peng Yang, Xiangyu Wang, Shichang Duan, Longgui Bu, Zhijun Gao, Yiqiao Tang, Juehui Xing, Litao Wang, Zixuan Bai, Liang Sun, Peng Liang, Jiashan Zheng, Mo Zhang, Meng Zhao, Boxuan Yan, Cushman & Wakefield, Zhongying Renhe, Archiee Paris, R-Land, Ferrctal, Tungsten, Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University, History Conservation Office, Shanghai, Chengdu Mengjiang Investment Group and China Construction Third Bureau First Engineering
