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‘Housing With a Mission’ Project at the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Biennale on Architecture and Urbanism

Jan 2012

By Alison Furuto — Filed under: Housing , aronsgelauff, Barcode, Beijing, CAFA, China, KCAP, Next, NL Architects, Node, O-Office, Standard Architecture, Urbanus

1000 dwellings for the 'Ant Tribe'

The project ‘housing with a mission’, featured at the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Biennale on architecture and urbanism, is designed as a co-production by five Chinese and five Dutch architectural offices and aims at building 1000 dwellings for the ‘Ant Tribe’ in Beijing. This is the Chinese name for the generation of millions of young graduates who live in cramped conditions in the outskirts of cities and work in low-paid jobs.

The Chinese offices include Standard Architecture, Urbanus, O-Office, Node and CAFA. The Dutch firms include aronsgelauff, Next, KCAP, NL architects and Barcode. More images and project description after the break. read more »

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Co-Op Canyon / Standard Architecture

Jun 2009

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Architecture News ,Housing ,Sustainability , Co-Op Canyon, Re:Vision Dallas Competition, Standard Architecture

Standard Architecture‘s conceptual design, Co-Op Canyon, has recently received an honorable mention for the Re:Vision Dallas competition. The competition provided participants with the opportunity to create an innovative and sustainable prototype for an urban community. Standard’s radical approach focused on how the residents could potentially gain equity through participation in construction, agricultural, maintenance, education and conservation programs central to the sustenance of the community.

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