Week 01

Hi everyone, my name is Shan Liang from China; Currently,i am in my first year of master in landscape architecture. I am really excited to learn parametric modeling, and different softwares from this studio. My aim is to combine agricultural ideas and high technology for a new form architecture.

Previous Work:
My last studio is LARA, the name is framland urbanism. In the project we consider the structure of framland, irrigation system, energy, and governmental policy etc, we have lots of fun.

Manifesto
Utopia city means an ideal community or balanced social system. People live this city without war, discrimination, and exploitation. However, utopia city still is a big ambition for our society so far. So how can we further this good idea? My opinion is that we need to focus on social sustainable development, such as ecology, economics, and policies etc.

Inspiration
The Seven Peaks of Azerbaijan

Beijing 2050

Broadacre City

City Farm

Utopia Forever

Here are some precedents. Like Broadacre city and city farm. Broadacre city creates a new form city structure for urban design, and city farm adds agricultural elements for architecture design. Beijing 2050 and Utopia forever creates green islands or parklands above CBD. The last precedent is the seven peaks of Azerbaijan. I am quite interested in this design because it perfectly combines with architecture and nature. My initial idea of utopia city should connect with agricultural city, air parklands and natural form architecture.

Tutorial

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