Temporary Permanence Installation / Arup Associates

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Text description provided by the architects. The Urbanism & Architecture Biennale brief called for an urban intervention concerned with Re-Use and Re-Thinking; a gathering space in which the local community of Shanghai’s Siping District could congregate within, play amongst and ultimately as we considered it, could alter. The site context and street scene within local districts of Shanghai is rife with activity, presence, familiarity and flexibility. Disused doorways, alleys and pavements become commandeered for purposes such as cooking, ballroom dancing, cycle repair, chess, and barbers shops.