N+ Masterplan Mixed Use The main programmatic elements are organized within districts arranged to orchestrate excess – of porosity, adjacency, access, layering and difference. Each district contains a public space and one or several significant buildings that, in turn, shape multiple experiences. A design school is located in the middle of the site. It sits within an urban forest – the realm of the fantastic – linking the neighbouring central park to the river. The waterfront is transformed into a cultural district with theatres and museums. To the south, a labyrinthine neighborhood – a contemporary reinterpretation of a hutong – mixes boutique hotels, designer concept stores, fashion villas suspended above a porous, active ground floor. Floating above street level, a ring-shaped, continuo

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