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Coordinates: 39°38′14″N 116°51′12″E / 39.6371°N 116.8533°E / 39.6371; 116.8533
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Taitou Xinyuan
台头新苑社区
Residential community
Taitou Xinyuan is located in China
Taitou Xinyuan
Taitou Xinyuan
Location of Taitou Xinyuan in China
Coordinates: 39°38′14″N 116°51′12″E / 39.6371°N 116.8533°E / 39.6371; 116.8533
CountryChina
Direct-administered municipalityTianjin
DistrictWuqing
TownGaocun
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (August 2018)
 • Total1,000
 Includes around 30 expatriates
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
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Taitou (simplified Chinese: 台头新苑社区; traditional Chinese: 臺頭新苑社區; pinyin: Táitóu Xīnyuàn Shèqū), formerly (simplified Chinese: 台头村; traditional Chinese: 臺頭村; pinyin: Táitóu Cūn),[1] is a newly-built village in Gaocun township, Wuqing District, Tianjin Municipality, People's Republic of China.[2]

Location

Located just two kilometres from the Gaocun exit of the Jingjintang Expressway, Taitou offers excellent transportation links to Beijing and Tianjin.

Taitou is surrounded by agricultural land and largely-unoccupied real estate. Many European-inspired villas and townhouses have been built for several kilometres around Taitou but occupancy rates are still extremely low.

House prices plummeted in 2018 from 15,384 Chinese yuan per square metre to just 11,771 Chinese yuan per square metre in just two months.[3]

Commercial activity

Within Taitou residential compound

  • Printing and photocopying, building 10
  • Sauna, spa and massage parlour, building 11
  • Hairdresser, building 17

In Taitou building 21 (commercial space)

Outside Taitou North Gate

  • Family Destiny Restaurant (known colloquially by the expatriate community as the "Dirty Dragon")
  • Beef hotpot restaurant
  • Real estate agent
  • Lanzhou Lamian restaurant (halal)
  • Massage parlour
  • Two mobile jianbing vendors (mornings only)
  • Electric rickshaws waiting for passengers

For safety reasons, no cars are permitted to enter this gate. Pedestrians, bicycles (including electric bikes) and electric rickshaws are allowed.

Outside Taitou West Gate

  • Guard sentry
  • Intercity bus stop

Around Taitou

  • Crematorium
  • Work yard with agricultural equipment and farm animals
  • Road corn

Widsom Plaza

  • Face-to-Face Noodle Bar
  • Beijing Institute of Big Data Research
  • Apple'tree (restaurant and yoga studio)
  • GreenGo electric car rental service[4]

Map

Annotated map of Taitou and the immediate surrounding area
Annotated map of Taitou residential compound

Air quality

The air quality as measured by the air quality index (AQI) in nearby Langfang varies from excellent to severely polluted.[5] In summer months, the AQI is usually around 100, while in winter months, AQI of 300+ is common. In May 2017, the AQI of Langfang and other cities in the Jingjinji area exceeded an extremely hazardous 1000 points.

Green: lowest AQI each month; blue: average AQI each month; maroon: highest AQI each month. Higher numbers indicate more polluted air.
Green: lowest AQI each month; blue: average AQI each month; maroon: highest AQI each month. Higher numbers indicate more polluted air.

Renovation process of 2016-17

Taitou apartment exterior walls with cladding being removed by workers on cranes
Major renovation works were carried out at Taitou residential compound from 2016-17
Black waterproof layer has been applied to the exterior walls of all 21 buildings at Taitou residential compound
Black waterproof layer has been applied to the exterior walls of all 21 buildings at Taitou residential compound. Walls are now ready for stencilling with masking tape and beige paint.

Shortly after construction of the Taitou residential compound was completed, and after residents had moved in, major renovation works were carried out on the exterior walls of all 21 buildings at Taitou.

The process included:

  1. Chipping away the existing stone cladding
  2. Removing the old Rockwool insulation material from the external walls
  3. Installing new, upgraded Rockwool insulation material to the external walls
  4. Painting the exterior walls white
  5. Painting the exterior walls black
  6. Placing masking tape on the face of each building to look like bricks
  7. Painting the buildings beige then peeling off the masking tape to reveal a brickwork pattern

The exterior wall renovation process took nearly 12 months to complete. After the exterior wall insulation was finished, workers planted hundreds of trees and bushes around the residential compound.

Trees being planted around Taitou residential compound after the completion of renovation works in 2017
Trees being planted around Taitou residential compound after the completion of renovation works in 2017

References

  1. ^ 高村镇 [Gaocun Town]. 行政区划网站 www.xzqh.org (in Simplified Chinese). 行政区划网站/区划地名网站 (Administrative Divisions Web/District Geographic Names Web). 7 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2018. 【2013年代码及城乡分类】120114123:{...}～208 220台头村 {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ 2017年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：高村镇 [2017 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Gaocun Town] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2018. 120114123002 123 台头新苑社区居民委员会 {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. ^ "台头新苑房价_台头新苑价格_台头新苑均价_天津搜狐焦点". tj.focus.cn. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  4. ^ "GreenGo 共享汽车". www.green-go.cn. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  5. ^ "廊坊空气质量指数AQI_PM2.5月统计历史数据_中国空气质量在线监测分析平台历史数据". www.aqistudy.cn. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
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