Plugin Society: Bridging the Gap Between Top‐Down and Bottom‐Up Approaches to Urban Development. (1st November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shen, James
• Other Names: Lu Andong guestEditor.; Dou Pingping guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 88:Number 6(2018)
• Page Start: 46
• Page End: 51
• Publication Date: 2018-11-01
• Subjects: People's Architecture Office's Plugin system -- Dashilar -- Mrs Dong -- Courtyard House Plugin -- People's Station cultural centre -- Yantai -- Shandong province -- Beijing Design Week -- Bi‐City Biennale of Urbanism/ Architecture -- Shenzhen; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2364
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : Devising an urban regeneration strategy that is low cost and boldly modern yet pleasing to preservationists and non‐disruptive to residents sounds like an impossible goal. Yet the multidisciplinary Beijing practice People's Architecture Office (PAO) have achieved it with their modular system Plugin. Mass‐customisable and adaptable to a multitude of uses and scales, it has already been deployed in a range of settings across China. PAO co‐founderJames Shen tells the story of how it works and how it was developed – through a combination of government support and close input from clients.