Shangwei Plugin House: An Urban Village
Shangwei Plugin House: An Urban Village
- urbanNext, April 09, 2019.
- 400 words.
Middle Density, People’s Architecture Office (PAO), Project, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms
China, Comfort, development, Efficiency, Energy, Exploring Housing, Housing, Hybrid neighborhoods, Neighborhood, Prefabrication, Project, Renovation, Shenzhen, Urban Legacy
Photography: People’s Architecture Office, Zhan Changheng
The Shangwei Plugin Houses are renovated houses that are hundreds of years old, left vacant and in ruins for decades as Shangwei Village suffered from heavy disinvestment. The rapid urban expansion of nearby Shenzhen engulfed villages like Shangwei, turning them into urban villages, or rural islands surrounded by a sea of new development. Half of the properties in Shangwei lay abandoned as villagers fled in search of higher standards of living in neighboring areas.
2575-5374
Architecture House-design Project Shenzhen, China China
Middle Density, People’s Architecture Office (PAO), Project, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms
China, Comfort, development, Efficiency, Energy, Exploring Housing, Housing, Hybrid neighborhoods, Neighborhood, Prefabrication, Project, Renovation, Shenzhen, Urban Legacy
Photography: People’s Architecture Office, Zhan Changheng
The Shangwei Plugin Houses are renovated houses that are hundreds of years old, left vacant and in ruins for decades as Shangwei Village suffered from heavy disinvestment. The rapid urban expansion of nearby Shenzhen engulfed villages like Shangwei, turning them into urban villages, or rural islands surrounded by a sea of new development. Half of the properties in Shangwei lay abandoned as villagers fled in search of higher standards of living in neighboring areas.
2575-5374
Architecture House-design Project Shenzhen, China China