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Dominant type and migrant spaces in Chinese cities: architectural transformation of the tower-podium typology of a high-rise housing block into hybrid living place in Ningbo, China.
- Source :
- Intelligent Buildings International; May2022, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p316-328, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Focusing on the housing issue which segregates city dwellers and marginalises the migrants, this paper proposes an architectural transformation of a dominant type in Chinese cities, in search of a sustainable regeneration strategy which encourages social integration. This paper is concerned with two main issues: how to transform a dominant type of high-rise residential living – i.e. tower-podium residential – in China to promote a sustainable city, architecture and community; and how to integrate migrant-working class with the middle-income class to form a hybrid cohabitation place. The paper uses a design project to put forward a hypothesis, focusing on modifying the spaces of the podium in a tower-podium residential building in Xiaowen Street, Ningbo to provide a cohabitation living space for both migrant-working class and middle-income class group. The design creates spaces for living, co-working and community interaction, etc. to cultivate hybrid programme and spaces aided by informal spatial design strategies. Besides providing a case study of typological transformation with a tower-podium housing type of Ningbo, the study also contributes to the literature of informal cities and design strategies in seeing architectural design as an active agent for social changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17508975
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Intelligent Buildings International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158696211
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2021.1952398