Architectural Association School of Architecture

Golara Jalalpour

Run-off Click image to view at full-size

Mud slide risk investigation

Container Ship RoutesClick image to view at full-size

Investigating contamination and traffic being generated by container ships in archipelago

Time Taken by FerriesClick image to view at full-size

Defining field being reached by ferries in each 30 minutes from two main islands

Erosion RiskClick image to view at full-size

Exploring erosion risk alongside island's edge

BathymetryClick image to view at full-size

Sea-bed slope analysis

TopographyClick image to view at full-size

Accessibility MeshClick image to view at full-size

Gouqi Shan is the biggest island in the Shengsi archipelago. As a result of Yangshan port’s construction (which is connected to Shanghai by Dounghai bridge), this island can be reached within few hours from the mainland. Having this strategic location as well as China's largest beach, this island has started becoming a touristic destination for the last years. A two-fold growth of the tourist population within the last decade has led to agricultural plots being used up for new touristic developments. The project strategy is to augment the tourism potential as well as protecting site agricultural characteristic by integrating the local agro-based activity with the ecology of the site. This aim is to be achieved through proposing floating fish farms and floating agricultural plots acting as tourism attraction themselves.

Road NetworkClick image to view at full-size

Road infrastructure proposal according to nodes potential

Current PressureClick image to view at full-size

Maya simulation