Fuzhou Youth Plaza Urban Renewal

Youth Plaza is located on the bank of the Min River, at the "golden point" of Fuzhou's historical and cultural axis, across the river from the Yantai Mountain historical and cultural district, and to the north from the Shangxiang Hang historical and cultural district and the Cangxia historic and landscape district. This is a unique location in the "Heart of the Min River" with a 360-degree view of the entire surrounding area.

The parking lot on the west side of the site before the renovation occupied a large amount of the riverfront area, resulting in an obvious fault line between the historic scenic area and the waterfront space, making it difficult for people to reach the riverside for scenic views. In order to strengthen the connection between the waterfront space and the historical district, we designed a continuous and complete viewing platform. We linked the Jiefang Bridge, the YMCA building, the surface parking lot, and Cangxia Park, and built a new pedestrian bridge at the entrance of Cangxia Park. The original surface parking lot is designed and transformed into a mulch parking lot, and the landscape platform is designed to connect with the waterfront space through landscape sloping treatment, forming a multi-level platform system.

On the youth plaza, a large area of greenery is embraced with the charming scenery of the riverfront and historical buildings, which weakens the original congestion of the Jiangbing road. This enhances the overall cultural and landscape experience, intermingling the waterfront public space with the historical landscape district and showing the charm of the "riverside parlor". When one slowly walks from the bottom of the grassy slope to the top of the slope, the whole picture of Min River will be reflected in the eyes.