Cui Qi, deputy director of the Capital Functional Planning Institute of Beijing Institute of Urban Planning and Design, and professor-level senior engineer. Photo by Beijing News reporter Wang Yuanzheng.
Profile: Cui Qi.
Urban and Rural Planner.
Deputy Director of Capital Functional Planning Institute, Beijing Institute of Urban Planning and Design, Professor-level Senior Engineer.
As a witness and witness of Beijing's urban development, Cui Qi needs to study policies, conduct on-site research, and learn from experts.
Beijing's Shichahai is always full of tourists, and Cui Qi made her way through the bustling crowd and stopped at the Silver Ingot Bridge. He took out a thick book from his backpack, flipped through it and found the content of "Silver Ingot Viewing the Mountain", looked down at the book, and then looked at the West Mountain in the distance, the sky was blue and the water was clear, and the ridge of the West Mountain was unobstructed. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, this is a very common and pleasant view, but in the past few years, looking far away by the railing, people can not see the whole West Mountain, and the floors in the field of vision are "equally divided" with the West Mountain.
Stand in the present and talk to history. Cui Qi is the deputy director of the Capital Functional Planning Institute of the Beijing Institute of Urban Planning and Design, and a professor-level senior engineer, and 2024 is his 17th year of urban planning work in Beijing, from the heritage protection planning of the Grand Canal (Beijing Section) to the development strategy research of the functional core area of the capital, especially in 2014, he began to participate in the preparation of the "Beijing Urban Master Plan (2016-2035)" and the planning points of the functional core area of the capital. Cui Qi has witnessed the implementation results of the new version of the master plan from a unique perspective, and looks forward to greater results in Beijing's urban development under the guidance of "one blueprint". Therefore, the planning work will always have a freshness in Cui Qi's eyes.
The descented re-scene reproduces the "Silver Ingot View Mountain" viewing gallery.
At the confluence of Shichahai Qianhai and Houhai, there is a white marble bridge spanning the north and south. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there was a wooden bridge here, like an upside-down silver ingot, named "Silver Ingot Bridge". Later, the wooden bridge was rebuilt into a single-hole stone arch bridge, but the name "Silver Ingot Bridge" is still in use today.
We are in the Silver Ingot Bridge, and we can overlook the West Mountain by the railing. Following the direction of Cui Qi's finger, on both sides of the winding water system, there are ancient buildings with the charm of Beijing's old city, and at the end of the water system, the West Mountain is clearly visible. During the Qing Dynasty, one of the "Eight Views of Yanjing" circulated by the folk - "Silver Ingot View Mountain" is close at hand.
The Qing Dynasty poet Song Ju has the song of "silver ingot bridge and sunset", and the beautiful scenery of "silver ingot view of the mountain" was talked about by the literati in the capital hundreds of years ago, and was known as "the first place to see the west mountain in the water of the city". However, with the passage of time and the rapid development of the city, even the vast West Mountain has been hidden by the urban buildings. Cui Qi said that before 2021, standing on the silver ingot bridge, it was impossible to fully see the ridgeline of Xishan, and part of the line of sight was blocked by the new north building of the Xinjiekou campus of Jishuitan Hospital. According to the data, the new north building was completed in 1984, 1 floor underground, 11 floors above ground, the highest point of the building is about 52 meters, from the perspective of "silver ingots view the mountain", the height of the new north building crosses the ridgeline of the west mountain.
Cui Qi stood on the silver ingot bridge and told reporters. Photo by Beijing News reporter Wang Yuanzheng.
Beijing's historical and cultural heritage is a great testimony of the long history of Chinese civilization, and this golden business card should be carefully protected. The Beijing Urban Master Plan (2016-2035) proposes to strengthen the overall protection of the old city, in which the protection of important landscape corridors is an important content. 'Silver Ingot View Mountain' is a typical landscape corridor in the old city of Beijing that shows the integration of mountains and rivers and cities, and belongs to the strategic landscape corridor in the old city. The plan clearly states that it is necessary to restore the landscape corridor of 'Silver Ingot View Mountain'. Cui Qi has long been familiar with the content of the plan, because this requirement has been transmitted to the "Regulatory Detailed Plan for the Functional Core Area of the Capital (Block Level) (2018-2035)" through the implementation points of the core area plan, and has been re-emphasized with the approval of the control regulations in 2020.
He told the Beijing News reporter that the control scope of the "Silver Ingot View Mountain" viewing gallery is a fan-shaped area that looks northwest at the West Mountain along the shoreline of the Silver Ingot Bridge and looks northwest along the shoreline of Houhai Lake. Within the scope of the corridor, the height of buildings and structures shall not block the Xishan Mountain, and the continuous undulating ridgeline landscape should be fully displayed, and the traditional landscape style of the water surface, trees and mountains shall be clear from near to far.
In 2021, in order to fully implement the "Beijing Urban Master Plan (2016-2035)" and the "Regulatory Detailed Plan for the Functional Core Area of the Capital (Block Level) (2018-2035)", promote the protection of the old city and the renewal of the block, and inherit the historical context, through the joint efforts of all parties, the new north building of Jishuitan Hospital was finally downgraded, and the beautiful scenery of "Silver Ingot View Mountain" was reproduced. At the same time, combined with the downgrading and the new construction of the Huilongguan Hospital, the scale of the Xinjiekou Hospital was appropriately adjusted, the number of beds was reduced, the hospital environment was improved, the traffic congestion and the pressure of medical services were alleviated, and the "increase and decrease linkage" of medical and health resources was realized.
Nowadays, among the tourists who come and go in Shichahai, there are local residents of Beijing, tourists from all over the country, and overseas Chinese or foreign tourists.
Gather wisdom and enhance the corridor space of Xidan business district.
In Cui Qi's eyes, urban planning is the arrangement of urban space, which needs to integrate multi-dimensional factors such as society, economy, culture, ecological environment, aesthetics and art to achieve the healthy development of the city. "Urban planning is an extremely complex and comprehensive undertaking. Cui Qi said, "The planning work is very legal and policy, and it must follow the national laws, regulations, guidelines and policies, and at the same time it also has a strong policy nature, which is reflected in the overall planning, control and guidance of urban space and various resource elements, so the desk work is essential." But on the other hand, planners need to go to the site, do research, and feel the current situation, 'seven points of the status quo, three points of planning' is a widely circulated sentence in the planning industry. ”
In Cui Qi's eyes, urban planning is the arrangement of urban space. Photo by Beijing News reporter Wang Yuanzheng.
So how exactly did the planning work go? Cui Qi gave an example of the improvement of the space of the Xidan corridor. As one of the most well-known and longest-standing business districts in Xicheng District and even Beijing, Xidan Commercial District covers new and old commercial buildings and building complexes such as Xidan Shopping Mall, Hanguang Department Store, Xidan Joy City, and Juntai Department Store. The new version of the master plan proposes to promote the high-quality and comprehensive development of Xidan, and the core area control plan proposes that Xidan should become a window to show the achievements of the capital's reform and opening up in the new era. In the eyes of planners, the Xidan Corridor seems to be a simple overpass system, but in the eyes of planners, it is actually a very important public space system in Xidan Business District, just like a "blood vessel", affecting the "vitality" of the entire business district, and its transformation and upgrading has become an important opportunity and starting point for the high-quality and high-quality development of Xidan Business District.
Last year, Cui Qi participated in the Xidan Corridor Bridge Space Improvement Project organized by the Xicheng District ** and the Municipal Planning Self-Commission, and was responsible for the preparation of the plan collection task book. In the process of work, the interpretation and implementation of the upper planning requirements, the history of the construction of the bridge, the current situation of the ground and underground, the connection with the surrounding commercial buildings, the organization of the first and second floors of pedestrian traffic have been investigated and studied in great detail, on the basis of which the preliminary content of the task book is formed, and then through dozens of research interviews, written solicitation, network channels and other forms, widely solicit the opinions of 16 merchants, the public, experts in various industries, and relevant management departments along the line. In order to form a consensus collection task book, cooperate with the first to carry out international plan collection, gather wisdom from all walks of life at home and abroad, and finally form a feasible corridor space improvement plan, which is expected to be implemented in the second half of this year and make a wonderful appearance, forming a scene check-in point and charming public space with Xidan characteristics, and promoting the interactive integration and high-quality development of surrounding formats.
The project also reflects another sense of Cui Qi's intuibility: "Beijing's urban planning work is increasingly focused on public participation. In the stage of urban stock renewal and development, the planning work needs more people's voices and participation, and gives everyone more rights to know, participate, supervise and benefit. Urban planning needs to mobilize the enthusiasm of the masses and let the whole people truly participate in urban planning and construction, from 'I want to participate' to 'I want to participate'. ”
Urban planning, a job that is always full of freshness.
As a participant and direct witness of Beijing's urban planning for more than ten years, Cui Qi often sighs at the development and changes of Beijing, especially under the guidance of the new version of the master plan, the old Beijing hutongs have been preserved in their original form, the street corners have been revitalized, and the landscape has been transformed into a new ......
Cui Qi said that Beijing's urban planning work should adhere to a blueprint to the end, always focus on the major issue of "what kind of capital to build, how to build the capital", plan a new blueprint for the future sustainable development of the capital, and always pay attention to the relationship between the "city" and the "city".
Cui Qi said that Beijing's urban planning work should adhere to a blueprint drawn to the end. Photo by Beijing News reporter Wang Yuanzheng.
On this basis, according to the different stages of urban development, combined with the law of urban development, targeted optimization will be carried out at the specific strategic level. Under the guidance of the new version of the overall plan, Beijing's urban planning work has formed planning control and implementation guidance for the whole region, all elements and the whole process. The urban planning system is becoming more and more perfect, and has formed a "three types and four systems" land space planning system, of which, "* is the city, district, township **, that is, the overall urban plan, the municipal land space overall plan, the zoning plan is the district-level land space overall plan, and the township area planning is the township-level land space planning. The "three categories" are general planning, detailed planning, and related special planning. The four systems are from the four dimensions of planning space, planning implementation time, planning supervision and revision, and planning guarantee operation support, and the corresponding planning preparation system, planning implementation transmission system, planning supervision system, and planning operation guarantee system.
Cui Qi told reporters that urban planning is a long-term, continuous process, which needs to be continuously optimized and improved, for example, "Now Beijing has reached the stage of stock development, the requirements for urban planning are getting higher and higher, and urban renewal needs to pay attention to not only space, but also property rights, policies, society, economy and other levels." Therefore, planners should also keep learning and updating their knowledge base. Although the requirements for planners are very high, it can also motivate planners to always uphold a love for this job, "I have been working for 17 years, although I am busy, but I can get in touch with new things every day, which always brings me a sense of freshness." ”
Cui Qi has her own understanding of urban planning work, and in the process of work, the "planning determination" of planners is particularly important, and it is clear that the core value of planners is to safeguard and protect the public interest. "There are always trade-offs in planning, and it is not wrong to strictly abide by the principles of planning. Urban planning should be forward-looking, consider the goals of long-term development, and comprehensively consider feasibility and rationality. ”
Planning can also bring a strong sense of achievement, and Cui Qi still remembers how excited he and his colleagues were when the Beijing Urban Master Plan (2016-2035) was approved. Under the guidance of the new version of the overall plan, all walks of life are also working together, and a series of work such as the renovation of old communities, the protection and renewal of areas, the improvement of the public environment, and the construction of garden cities are being carried out in an orderly manner. Cui Qi said that he is looking forward to the development of Beijing in the next decade. The goal of Beijing's urban planning is ambitious, to build a world-class harmonious and livable city; It is also very simple, and in the final analysis, it is to let the people live a better life.
Beijing News reporter Cao Jingrui.
Edited by Zhang Shujing and proofread by Lu Qian.