This is the main case study within my first project at the Architectural Association, London, and was done during my 4th year as a student in Diploma 2 The New Domestic Landscape, lead by Didier Faustino and Kostas Grigoriadis. The case study investigates the affects and transformation of and within the Shikumen in Shanghai and how this formed a new social pattern based on the collective.

 

I travelled to Shanghai in October 2014, and besides visiting several Shikumen areas of different standards and sizes, I was able to meet professors at Tongji University as well as participating in lectures on the matter.