China’s new city to showcase self-sufficient post-COVID design

Source: Cities Today Published: September 14, 2020

China’s Xiong’an New Area development, which is being built near Beijing, will incorporate lessons from COVID-19 and could serve as a model for other cities around the world.

Barcelona-based Guallart Architects won the housing category of an international competition supported by President Xi Jinping to design a mixed-use community for the Hebei province’s Xiong’an New Area, aiming to set “a new standard in the post-COVID era”.

While it was originally announced in 2017 as a way to relieve pressure on Beijing and showcase high-tech and sustainable urban solutions, the Xiong’an New Area will now also include the latest ideas for city planning in light of the pandemic.