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TORINO, Italy, October 13, 2022

Blue Loop, a brand new Chinese city on water designed by Pininfarina

Pininfarina Architecture has been selected by The People's Government of

Taozhuang Town to design the masterplan of a new city set to rise in the

Yangtze River Delta, near Shanghai. The name of the project, Blue Loop, arises

from the system of waterways surrounding the project area, designed to support

the local agricultural and productive fabric, as well as a mobility

infrastructure to connect the site to nearby towns, including the water city of

Xitang, a UNESCO heritage site.

Blue Loop has been designed in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the

Yangtze River Delta National Land and Space Development Plan, over a time

horizon of 15 years, considering the waterways as an essential resource for

generating and sustaining economic and social prosperity, as well as

representing a central element of the natural ecosystem and climate regulation.

The project is divided into three different urban ecosystems: Italy-City, a

city with a mainly residential vocation, which recalls the spatiality of

Italian urban centers, the Innovation Valley, with management structures,

research centers and a university, and Energia, an integrated pole for the

production of energy from renewable sources, integrated with hydroponic

agricultural crops.

Italy-City has been conceived as a water town, inspired by the Chinese

tradition with the addition of elements characteristic of historical Italian

urban settlements, with particular attention to green spaces and public areas.

Water is the primary element with which to move and interact in the new city: a

dense new network of navigable canals constitutes the ideal link between the

city and the nearby Fenhu Lake. The city is organized over a total area of

2,000,000 m2 in four districts with different population and urban densities.

The Innovation Valley is conceived as a new center of scientific excellence, a

large contemporary international district, an environment of knowledge and

sustainable growth, open to anyone who wants to innovate, do research or study,

creating a vital space for the territory in a strategic location in north

China. The Innovation Valley also intends to experiment with new models of

sustainable mobility, exclusively integrating electric, self-driving and shared

vehicles.

Energia combines a waste-to-energy plant of over 250,000 m2 and an experimental

agriculture hub of approximately 300,000 m2, generating a unique model of

contemporary infrastructure, integrated into the landscape and urban dynamics

and aimed at minimizing emissions into the environment.

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Source: Pininfarina