Informal Density: Animating Historical Neighbourhoods. (1st November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Hui
• Other Names: Lu Andong guestEditor.; Dou Pingping guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 88:Number 6(2018)
• Page Start: 58
• Page End: 65
• Publication Date: 2018-11-01
• Subjects: Dashilar -- Qianmen area of Beijing -- Beijing Design Week (BJDW) -- URBANUS -- 'informal density' -- Yang Mei Zhu Diagonal Alley -- Mr Zhang's Woodcut Print Shop -- Little Ant Shadow Puppetry Theatre -- growth hormone deficiency (GHD) -- Apple Store branches -- 'Home for the Craftsmen'; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2366
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : Awareness of the value of historical neighbourhoods in China's cities is growing. But how can they be successfully integrated in forward‐looking plans for urban development? URBANUS, a design practice and think‐tank based in Beijing and Shenzhen, has been leading the way in finding architectural solutions to the country's urban challenges.Hui Wang, one of its co‐founders, profiles URBANUS's approach through three recent projects that have injected new life, diversity and community cohesion into one of Beijing's hutong districts.