How the planning concept of “Microdistrict” (Xiaoqu）shaped the Chinese contemporary living ideologies: Documentation and Understanding of Space-People Relationship

Have microdistricts changed Chinese people’s living ideologies? The appearance, spatial relationships and community organizations of Chinese Microdistrict have changed dramatically over the decades since the 1950s when the Soviets first introduced this concept. Meanwhile, the rapid urbanization and commercialization of the real estate market...

The urban history of Macao, The Special Administrative Region - From a fishermen village to the “Las Vegas of the East”

With Hong Kong returning to China in 1997 after 156 years of British colonization, under the strong influences of regional politics, the neighboring town – Macao, soon followed this jurisdiction in 1999, making it the second “special administrative region” of China after Hong Kong, and the last Asia colony of Europe. After undergoing a rapid...

Sponge City Project

The report starts in Chapter 1 with an introduction to the Sponge City Programme (SCP) in China and the project area which is the ErQi International Business District in Wuhan. In this chapter, the problem statement, our collaboration with Arcadis and our project goals are also introduced. Chapter 2 delves into our methodology to tackle the...