Shutougang Village Revitalization | Changzhou, Jiangsu, China | SHUISHI

Shutougang Village

The Shutougang Village rural revitalization plan has mapped out a mode for sustainable, diverse landscape participation. It starts with nature education, children-friendly, and ecological sustainability. It is dominated by the designer, with the participation of the government, nature educators, artists, farmers and families in a close-to-nature approach for joint research and design in the village. The project uses natural materials, and ecological design, to build a vibrant nature education base for the countryside.

Shutougang Village
Shutougang Village
Shutougang Village
Shutougang Village
Shutougang Village

By working with the nature education institution, it trains local farmers into nature educators. It is expected that in the years to come, the village will receive 20,000 tourists and hold 100 nature education activities annually. Building the Shutougang brand and working with professional media organizations, it will forge Shutougang into the first friendly nature education eco-village in Jiangsu Province. The plan takes landscape as the medium, cooperates with social groups, and uses rich local ecological resources to achieve rural revitalization.

Shutougang Village
Shutougang Village
Shutougang Village
Shutougang Village

Shutougang Village Revitilisation | Changzhou, Jiangsu, China | SHUISHI

Landscape Architect:  SHUISHI

Client: Jiangsu Liyang Modern Agricultural Industrial Park Development Co., Ltd.

Image credits: SHUISHI

Photographers: Yang Lei

About Terren Shi 79 Articles
Terren Shi is a student of Landscape Architecture. She is undertaking her Masters in Landscape Architecture at the University of Melbourne, where she also completed her Bachelor of Design degree in 2020. Terren has particular interests in landscape architecture theory and design history, she is the organiser of the landscape theory reading group within the faculty. https://terrenshi.com/