Civil Affairs
A research and design project in Chongqing
M.S. Vonk (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
S Milani – Mentor (TU Delft - Theory, Territories & Transitions)
M. Parravicini – Mentor (TU Delft - Building Design & Technology)
O.R.G. Rommens – Mentor (TU Delft - Theory, Territories & Transitions)
T. Verbeek – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Urban Studies)
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Abstract
China and Chinese society have developed incredibly rapidly over the past 50 years, and in that time, cities have grown very, very, very quickly. This rapid urbanisation involves a transformation of rural land into urban land. The transition from rural to urban is not a homogeneous process. Plots right next to each other can develop in very different ways. This creates a patchwork urbanism, with contemporary border conditions that have surprising characteristics. Further fuelled by the mountainous terrain, the patchwork urbanism creates some issues as well, this has to do primarily with the presence of pleasant urban space, and connections between different patches of land. This project investigates the possibility to design something that improves connections, and that adds a new kind of space non existent in the present landscape. The student wishes to be additive, so without taking away from the existing landscape.