Baiziwan Social Housing

Energy and sustainability, High Density, Project, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Affordable Housing, Beijing, Care, China, Circulation, Collective housing, Community, Ecology, Energy consumption, Greenery, In-between space, Leisure, Low-energy building, Megacites & High Density, Multiscale approach, Passive design, Prefabrication, Programmatic coexistences, Project, Residential, Social housing, Sustainability, Urban Development, Urban landscape

Principal Partners in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Associate Partners: Liu Huiying, Fu Changrui
Design Team: He Xiaokang, Zheng Chengwen, Shang Li, Xu Chen, Li Guangchong, Wang Deyuan, Zheng Fang, Tong Shangren, Mujung Kang, Zhang Tingfu, Zhang Long, Zhang Kai, Kazushi Miyamoto, Yukan Yanagawa, Yu Zhipeng, Tomasz Czarnecki, Davide Signorato, Natalia Giacomino, Sear Nee, Yuan Yiwen, Steven Chaffer Park, Dookee Chung, Hiroki Fujino, Jiang Xuezhu, Chen Luman, Dina Khaki, Yang Xuebing

Baiziwan Social Housing is the first affordable housing project by MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong. Situated near the CBD (central business district) in Beijing, the project covers the area of 93,900 square meters, with a total construction area of 473,300 square meters. The scheme is comprised of 12 residential buildings collectively providing 4,000 households. Since its completion, almost 3,000 families have moved in. The project offers dwellings for welfare dependents and young professionals.