Third places as a vector

Utilizing third places to reconnect the socio-spatial network between the Lilong neighbourhoods and the post-industrial area in Yangpu district, Shanghai

Master thesis (2017)

Authors

Y. Ruan Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

G.A Verschuure (supervisor 1)
A. Romein (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2017 Yijia Ruan
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Published Date

28-06-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The project started with the fascination of vanishing traditional living space in Shanghai, the Lilong and shantytown. The traditional living neighbourhoods reflect the historic socio-spatial network of the first spaces (Lilong, shantytown), the second places ( modern textile factories) and the third places ( streets, commercial streets, workers' club, etc.). With the urban transformation, the historic socio-spatial network is vanishing and new social structure threats the future of the historic network.
By utilising the concept of third places from sociology, third places, as the main objects in the project are used to reconnect the historic socio-spatial network and create new spaces to unite all the social groups in the future. Based on the research, third places with multiple space qualities will offer an inclusion, accessible spaces while the space narrative telling the memory of the historic network.