Figure 1. Resilient South City, San Francisco

Figure 2. Six qualities of great urban places

Figure 3. Beautifully original places celebrate the local landscape, character, and culture, creating places attractive to daily users.

Figure 4. West Bund Waterfront Public Realm, Shanghai (Phase 1)

Figure 5. Richly diverse places welcome a wide variety of activities and users

Figure 6. Beautifully original places increase their competitiveness simply by embracing their inherent originality.

Figure 7. Playfully dynamic places can easily be modified in response to changing ecological, economic, and social circumstances, creating playful and agile environments.

Figure 8. Design Principals – Conveniently compact places bring individuals, destinations, and services closer together, enabling more convenient lifestyle patterns.

Figure 9. Openly networked places support the free and open movement of people and resources.

Figure 10. Reuse of the existing concreate panels

Figure 11. Naturally regenerative places grow better, stronger, and healthier over time.

Figure 12. Naturally regenerative places support people and nature to live well in the short term while safeguarding the wellbeing of future generations.

Figure 13. Colma Creek, South San Francisco – Master Plan

Figure 14. Colma Creek storybook in four community languages shows embracing the inherent originality helps creating originally beautiful places.

Figure 15. Design toolkit to create conveniently compact places that bring individuals, destinations, and services closer together, enabling more convenient lifestyle patterns that help people and the planet to save valuable energy, resources, and time.

Figure 16. A beautifully original place returns to more locally driven outcomes − inspired by local communities and appropriate for the natural conditions.

Figure 17. Changing of Longgang River

Figure 18. Handbook for Homeland Longgang guides our design for creating naturally regenerative places aim to restore the ecosystem holistically while also enhancing its capacity to thrive.

Figure 19. Reshape the city river corridor by enhancing water safety and biodiversity to create regenerative places that help plants and wildlife to thrive, restoring critical ecosystems, increasing biodiversity

Figure 20. Longgang River, 2020

Figure 21. Longgang River, 2023 Naturally regenerative places create better conditions for communities to thrive, with reliable access to food, water, energy, and natural materials in the long-term. Photography: Chill Shine

Figure 22. Longgang River, 2023 Naturally regenerative places support long-term economic opportunity and stability, based on the continued health and availability of natural resources and climate stability. Photography: Chill Shine

Figure 23. Longgang River, 2023 Naturally regenerative places can heal past damages and add value. Photography: Chill Shine