Evolving Danwei housing: An alternative way to develop former public housing in Shenzhen, China

Nowadays, many Chinese cities like Shenzhen are experiencing intense spatial transformation. Downgrading neighbourhoods are being replaced by high-end housing, shopping malls and office in order to promote economic growth. The former socialist public housing is one of the redevelopment hot spots. However, such land-based development focuses on...

“On?Site” Evolutionary Villages - Rescripting the transformation mode of urban villages, Shenzhen, China

Based on the new policy of Shenzhen municipality, this project tries to transfer the urban village into the new social housing in the city. According to the human settlement design principles, this project will improve the spatial quality and renovate the commercial potential of urban village to help these isolated islands to integrate with the...