CHINA HEISHA CITY

Located at a key tourism transit node in western Sichuan, Yingjing County boasts rich heritage and ecological assets. Centered on the iconic "Yandao Black Sand" and "Clear Winds & Elegant Rains," the project envisions "A thousand-year Black Sand City, painted with clear winds and elegant rains," with Black Sand and the Dove Tree as dual city IPs anchoring nature- and culture-based tourism. Four strategies—"Landscape as Backbone, Readable City, Accent Highlights, and Symbol Reinvention"—guide urban image enhancement, addressing the mountain-water spatial framework, block functionality and form, and the activation of city life and scene-making through targeted design interventions.

  • CLIENT

    Yingjing Qingya Culture & Tourism Group Co., Ltd.

  • SERVICES

    Conceptual planning

  • LOCATION

    Yingjing County, Ya'an, Sichuan

  • SCALE

    8 km²

  • COLLABORATOR

    Chengdu International Airport New Town Urban Development Research Institute Co., Ltd.

  • TIME

    2022–2023

  • STATUS

    First Prize, International Competition