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MAXI Studio The city has entered the TOD era, and efficient route planning has brought the greatest savings in time and cost. Fast paces are for life; time change and space transfer are the characteristics that an era is endowed with. Zhizai Yunchen s exhibition area shows the real and colorful life of TOD at the moment. TOD: Transit-Oriented Development. As a development model commonly adopted by many advanced cities in the world, TOD is the best solution to the increasing urban population, traffic congestion, and alleviation of urban diseases. Chengdu is the city with the most TOD development in the country. Thirteen TOD projects have been started one after another, and 2020 will usher the explosion of TOD construction. As a new model of urban development, TOD projects pay more attention to composite and functional types, and the integration of stations and cities. As the first TOD demonstration project in Chengdu, this exhibition area pays more attention to the diversity and composite of life functions. It is a one-stop real-life display, showing the representative functional spaces of future life to the owners, and integrating them. The first site survey was in December 2019. From Xinjin Station on Metro Line 5, we got a bird s eye view of the entire plot. Opposite the site was the elevated subway and expressway. The speeding subway and cars reflect the rapid development of this area. The green belt outside the property line was planted with disorderly plants and the municipal sidewalks were rugged. The street trees varied in size, and a power line hung over our heads. There was an abandoned theme park on the hypotenuse of the triangle-shaped site. Nearby residents came for a walk, but there were no functional spaces to meet their needs. The site adjacent to the subway station is about to lay the foundation for the first project in TOD mode, and a new lifestyle is about to start. We are going to activate the city and bring new life. The goal of the project, the inventories and the living conditions of nearby residents make us ponder what changes can be brought to this city, this area, and this group of residents as a member of the social community. We want to change the image of the entire city interface; There should be a thematic public space here to solve the social needs of surrounding residents; Children s playground and family activities are also a concern; At the same time, building high-quality infrastructure and creating a smart and healthy lifestyle is what Zhongnan has always insisted on product creation. Streets are the first step in urban image reorganization. We will work together with the government to hide the power line to underground and renovate and upgrade the messy greenery and sidewalks to improve the quality of travel for surrounding residents.