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Liangmao Village is one of the six villages in the Longgang Urban Village Initiative, launched in 2021 with Zhou Hongmei as Chief Planner and Meng Yan as Chief Curator. As co-curator, NODE led the overall design and implementation of the Liangmao Village transformation. The project explores how urban villages, shaped by China's rapid urbanization, can foster new growth and social models within limited existing space. Using a “point-line-plane” spatial strategy, it connects village structure and memory through public space. Through architecture, landscape, and art, it creates vibrant, interactive spaces that transform Liangmao from “A Thousand Villages with One Face” to “One Village with A Thousand Faces.”
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Liangmao Village sits at a typical urban-rural fringe. The original village was removed for an urban expressway, while the new settlement was cut into the hillside, creating a 12-meter elevation difference. This transitional zone was left overgrown and disconnected from the city. Many residents are factory workers and their families, yet the only public space—a small basketball court wedged between hill and housing—was cramped and limited. Two infrastructure clusters—the Heritage Park and Community Park—respond to the terrain and natural conditions. Stitching together fragmented traces of development, they restore spatial continuity and encourage diverse interactions: fast and slow, public and private, old and new, urban and natural. Together, they helped revitalize public life in the village.
The sustainability of the Liangmao Village project lies in the reuse of the site’s existing physical space. The bamboo-framed village gateway and the mural façade echo the village’s original mode of production. The Heritage Park features a grid-like steel structure called the “Sky-Ground-Wall,” which conveys a sense of spatial lightness. Meanwhile, the Community Park integrates biodiversity from the hillside to create an educational corner at the boundary between village and nature. With minimal intervention, the project aims to deliver more generous and higher-quality public space.
Liangmao Village was renewed through a spatial framework of two infrastructural clusters and a T-shaped street system, weaving natural landscapes with cultural production, historical memory with daily life. The two clusters—the Heritage Park and the Community Park—respond to existing topography and natural conditions, mending spatial ruptures left by development across different eras. The Heritage Park builds on the physical traces of the former village, forming a new interplay of solid and void to express the tensions of coexistence. It connects the old and new parts of Liangmao while reshaping collective memory. It preserves original communal functions and introduces contemporary public uses. At ground level, the layout echoes the old village’s fabric through landscaped courtyards, with corridors and semi-open spaces. A new second-level steel walkway links the old and new settlements to the hillside path, enhancing connectivity and cohesion across the area. Architectural forms incorporate elements like garden-style window openings, generating varied wall compositions. The park serves as a shared space for rest, play, and conversation among villagers and visitors alike. The Community Park leverages vertical design to integrate multiple functions. An open-air theater occupies the lower level, while a basketball court sits above. The design preserves native trees and adds child-friendly elements within limited space, creating a multi-layered platform that serves diverse age groups.
Liangmao Village’s renovation is a key milestone in the Urban Village Project, bridging theory and practice, with transformation ongoing. We aspire for future urban villages to balance between “software” and “hardware”—beyond spatial and visual upgrades, introducing community management and embedding new industries to elevate the original modes of production into the cultural sector. This approach aims to drive a comprehensive and meaningful advancement for Liangmao Village.
NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE), founded in 2004 by Principal Architect Doreen Heng LIU, is one of the most influential independent design studios in South China. Based in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, NODE has a team of around 20 architects and designers. The studio focuses on urban space and public life, combining rigorous pragmatism with conceptual openness and compatibility. Its design approach emphasizes ontological research, interdisciplinary exploration, and forward-thinking experimentation. NODE’s recent work spans urban renewal, cross-border infrastructure, public cultural and educational facilities, and small experimental buildings. Rooted in the Pearl River Delta, the studio addresses complex urban dynamics through innovative and context-sensitive architecture. The name “NODE” originally refers to “Nansha Original Design,” and metaphorically represents a dynamic point of intersection—where possibilities and tendencies converge, always in motion and never fixed.
