With the acceleration of global urbanization, cities are facing increasingly severe crises and challenges, which threaten the quality of life and well-being of urban residents. These challenges include, but are not limited to, resource pressures, environmental pollution, increased risks of natural disasters due to climate change, infrastructure imbalances caused by social inequality, social service pressures resulting from aging populations, urban residents' lifestyle and health issues. Each of these necessitates comprehensive and proactive planning to mitigate.

In response, Planning Healthy And Resilient Cities offers new ideas and directions for responding to urban crises. On one hand, healthy cities focus on spatial regulation at the planning and design stage to achieve interventions in the physical and mental health of the population. Based on pathways such as reducing health risks, optimizing health resources, and promoting healthy behaviors, regulating and shaping urban spaces enhance public health and human well-being, thus prioritizing people and improving the quality of urban spaces. On the other hand, the construction of resilient cities emphasizes enhancing the disaster resistance and adaptability of urban systems. This includes establishing sound emergency response mechanisms, strengthening the disaster resistance of urban infrastructure, promoting diversified socio-economic development, and so forth. By enhancing the resilience of cities, it effectively alleviates losses caused by natural disasters and social crises, achieving rapid recovery and stable development of urban systems.

Fuxing Island, situated in the lower reaches of the Huangpu River and located in the southeast of Yangpu District, Shanghai, is the only enclosed river island in downtown Shanghai and the sole island in the Huangpu River. It is an artificial island formed through human reclamation and dredging. Over a hundred years, Fuxing Island has played roles as industrial land, military station, and enterprise base, accompanying people in Shanghai. In the 21st century, with the relocation of existing industries and residents from Fuxing Island, how to develop and construct it has consistently been a topic of considerable concern to the government and industry, stimulating the imagination of all those interested in the island's future. In the Shanghai Urban Master Plan (2017-2035), Fuxing Island is designated as one of the strategic reserve areas, serving as an important spatial carrier for Shanghai's future development. Consequently, this urban whitespace will herald myriad possibilities.

The 2024 TONGJI CAUP International Design Summer School will choose Fuxing Island as the targeted study area. The main propose of this workshop is to discuss how to explore the full potential of the strategic reserve area, amend the defects of the urban environment, improve the quality of urban space and rejuvenate existing neighborhoods, through creative urban design. The workshop seeks to establish a public space network that can be compatible with the city’s future development, and introduce prosperity and vitality to the community of Fuxing Island. Besides, this workshop will explore how to effectively integrate the concepts of health and resilience in urban planning, provide innovative solutions for the sustainable development of future cities, and promote the construction and development of healthy and resilient cities.

The design base of 2024 CAUP Summer School is Fuxing Island, Yangpu District, with a total area of about 113.3 hectares.

The Location Of Fuxing Island

2024 CAUP Summer School plans to invite 30 master students of architecture, urban planning or design backgrounds, 15 from China and 15 aboard. Together with 5 students from CAUP, 35 participants will be divided into 5 groups. English is working language. In order to guarantee the world class quality of Summer School, a jury committee would examine the application material of each candidate.

The organization committee covers local accommodation costs including hotels, travel, food and design related of invited students and advisers during the workshop, while the travel expense for the round trip should be covered by themselves. In addition, travel scholarships will be funded for those with outstanding design skills.

ORGANIZER

College of Architecture and Urban Planning

SPONSOR

Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute (TJUPDI) Co Ltd.

The Jury Committee will be announced later

E Building Studio Rooms, 2nd floor, CAUP

30-35 students would be divided into 5 groups. Each group should complete 5 A1 Panel design drawings and PPT slides.

ADDRESS

B Building, Room 124, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, No. 1239, Siping Rd., Shanghai

Email：tjdup_summer2024@163.com

Tel：0086-21-65982345

Website：http://www.tongji-caup.org