Qianhai Floating City A Flexible Framework for Urban Space

Low Density, Project, Technology and fabrication, Urban Paradigms

Architecture & art, Assembly, Bottom-up approach, Circular design, COVID-19, Ephemeral, Inflatable, Lightweight Materials, Materials, Participation, Project, Public Space, Textile, User's experience

The Qianhai Floating City activates a barren site with the use of an open spatial framework. Conceived and realized during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time of heightened uncertainty, the project is an expression of how urban space can quickly adapt to changing needs. The project is a flexible framework comprised of rented scaffolding. This structural system can be easily constructed, altered, and disassembled without waste.