○ Understanding the Site

As Shenzhen enters the phase of urban regeneration characterized by stock-oriented transformation, water infrastructure is shifting from a purely technical system to a hybridized space that integrates ecological function and public life. This graduate design studio centers on the theme of infrastructure publicization, interweaving Lingnan regional culture with practices of everyday urbanism. Through site investigations and case studies, students have identified multiple spatial, ecological, and social challenges within the Sankeng Reservoir area. These findings serve as the foundation for tracing design opportunities and anchoring strategic points of intervention, guiding the development of subsequent urban design, architectural proposals, and thematic research.

○ Course review

With the theme of "The Ring of Water Construction: Collaborative Design of Five Places in the Lingnan Course", this course of Sankeng Reservoir Design Course brings profound value to the participating students and realistic design through five research topics to drive practice. Under the leadership of the teachers, the students from the initial design site survey to feel the field style to the production of handmade solid models to perceive the relationship between the building volume and the site, and then to the communication and guidance during the mid-term evaluation of the drawing, as well as the final evaluation defense, the whole process of learning and practice, to achieve the ability leap from "knowledge learning" to "local design application".

The design course was presided over by Professor Doreen, a distinguished professor of Shenzhen University and NODE. The teaching team includes Professor Doreen and Designer Ken Chen of Atelier Ashitecture. Taking the Sankeng Reservoir as a sample, this course provides practical experience of "multi-topic collaboration and theoretical-regional dual response" for the design of Lingnan region and similar complex sites, so that the "aftersound" of design thinking will continue to echo in the exploration of real projects in the future.

Students

Fanrui Cheng, Weixin Chen, Yongkang Peng, Junchen Zou, Junhao Zhang

Review Jurors

Doreen Heng Liu, Ken Chen, Yu Yan, Si Liu, Haoyang Wu

Instructors

Doreen Heng Liu, Ken Chen