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Architects: MAD Architects
- Area: 10778 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: MAD Architects, Supercloud Studio, ECOLAND Planning and Design Corporation
YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten / MAD Architects
White Upland Installation / Wutopia Lab
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Architects: Wutopia Lab
- Area: 3296 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: HDU23, Wutopia Lab
Hiding House / Wutopia Lab
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Architects: Wutopia Lab
- Area: 139 m²
- Year: 2020
The Aluminum Mountain / Wutopia Lab
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Architects: Wutopia Lab
- Area: 2453 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: Alignment Studio, Z Studio
The Challenges and Opportunities of Urban Regeneration in Gentrified Areas of China
Since the 1990s, copious amounts of cities in China have been undergoing urban renewal. Prompted by this state-facilitated urban redevelopment, skyscrapers are being built rapidly in major cities to attract affluent middle-classes, resulting in countless relocation and displacement of the working-class population. Such process is known as “gentrification”.
As cities and neighborhoods are being gentrified thoroughly to meet middle-class taste and boost economic growth, urban land resources are being treated in ways to increase business potential, leaving little room for the development of urban street life. Among rows of concrete and steel constructions, nowadays, urbanites are struggling to find a place to sit, rest, and play during leisure time. Analyzing five architectural practices creating livable urban public spaces, this article discusses the challenges and opportunities of urban revitalization in China under the phenomenon of gentrification.
SHUIBEI International Center / Aedas
Xi'an Exhibition Center / gmp Architects
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Architects: gmp Architects
- Area: 72000 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: sbp, Schlaich Bergermann Partner, WES LandschaftsArchitektur, SuP Ingeneure GmbH
Xian Conference Center / gmp Architects
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Architects: gmp Architects
- Area: 306700 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: sbp, Schlaich Bergermann Partner, WES LandschaftsArchitektur, Inhabit
Best Modern Examples of Ancient Courtyard Renovations in China
Chinese courtyard houses are one of the most common housing typologies spanning all the way from the northern capital of Beijing to the poetic southern cities Hangzhou and back to the picturesque regions of Yunnan. Typically referred as heyuan, these courtyards homes are simply a “yard enclosed on four sides."
Sinan Books Poetry Store / Wutopia Lab
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Architects: Wutopia Lab
- Area: 388 m²
- Year: 2019
Kaleidoscope Kindergarten / SAKO Architects
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Architects: SAKO Architects
- Area: 2770 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Vanceva
Studio MOA plus / Atelier GOM
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Architects: Atelier GOM
- Area: 375 m²
- Year: 2015
Ningbo Urban Planning Exhibition Center / Playze + Schmidhuber
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Architects: Playze, Schmidhuber
- Area: 24929 m²
- Year: 2019
SOHO 3Q Chengdu Office / Superimpose Architecture
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Architects: Superimpose Architecture
- Area: 12000 m²
- Year: 2019
Shanghai Corduroy Factory Renovation / FTA Group GmbH
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Architects: FTA Group GmbH
- Area: 2440 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: AS, CIMIC, Simon
Models in Model / Wutopia Lab
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Architects: Wutopia Lab
- Area: 1000 m²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: Shanghai Maichang Construction Project Co.Ltd.