The Ancient Street Environment of Nanxi Ancient Street

Nanxi Ancient Street Project, located in the core area of Binjiang New Town, is the commercial center of Binjiang New Town, with a total length of one kilometer, construction land of about10.3 million square meters, and total construction area of about1.10.0 million square meters, which is divided into three areas: A, B and C. The ancient street is connected with the old city in the east and the Binjiang Palace and five-star buildings in the south.

Guixi River is the axis of the ancient street, running through it. Upstream Area A is connected with the proposed water park and adjacent to the nanxi district Cultural and Sports Center under construction; Zone B in the middle section is located between high-grade residential areas and parallel to Binjiang Avenue; Downstream Area C is connected with Yingbin Avenue in nanxi district, and Guixi River enters the main channel of the Yangtze River.

2. Architectural features

The ancient street is completely in the style of ancient architecture. It is built according to the concept of "the lane runs through the city, the water melts into the street, and the building is heavy", which integrates the ancient culture of Nanxi with the water culture. It not only embodies the characteristics of Bashu traditional folk houses in western Sichuan and southern Sichuan, but also perfectly integrates the traditional architectural elements in various places, such as arcade, patio, horse head wall, etc., and shows the architectural style from Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China, achieving the goal of "thousands of buildings and thousands of faces" and having the bearing of China traditional folk house architects.

3. Landscape features

The ancient street takes Guixi River as the main axis of landscape and the central square of section B as the core. Eight Little Square along the street become landscape nodes. Area A mainly shows the echo relationship between the scenery of Guixi River bend and bridge buildings; Area B mainly displays the interactive experience of people flow in the square, river wharf and stage; Area C is mainly characterized by pavilions, covered bridges and other interesting features on both sides of the river.