RESEARCH ARTICLE


Suburban Composite Landscape Corridor Design Based on “Flow” Concept in Dinghai District of Zhoushan



Fang Wen*, Zhu Wang, Yong He
Zhejiang University, Room 311,Yueya Building, Zijingang Campus, Road Yuhangtang 866, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.


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Abstract

Dinghai district, the central area of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, lies on the biggest island of Zhoushan Archipelago. Owing to its marvelous island feature, Zhoushan has been attracting more and more people to Island Tourism, Agricultural Tourism and Culture Tourism. Shuangxiao Road is a transportation line through suburban area connecting the south to the north. However, the vicinity of Shuangxiao Road fails to afford the comprehensive suburban function to coordinate urban areas with rural ones. This paper holds the opinion that Shuangxiao Road should not be treated as a road with only transportation function, but also a composite corridor and should play an important role in integrating urban and rural areas on landscape. Also, the concept "Flow" explains the crucial role of landscape corridor in suburban area. We investigate the situation along Shuangxiao Road and find out the superior resources, environmental problems and landscape potentials. Paying attention to important nodes and interfaces, with nodes renovation, facades reform and interfaces design, this paper tries to regenerate the existing corridor to a novel composite one. The composite landscape corridor not only improves the environmental conditions and conveys landscape features, but also enhances the integration of urban and rural areas.

Keywords: Corridor design, Dinghai district (Zhoushan), environmental problems, “Flow” concept, integrating, landscape potentials, resources, suburban composite landscape.