Xiangyu Zhang

Hiding in the park

Renew of The People’s park

The design thesis explores the retention of pre-existing localized practices in an old urban park against displacement from the forces of aggressive gentrification. Vendors are the representation of social informality in the modern city and explore the connections between public spaces and the underclass represented by them. Combining with the problem of the site, using landscape as a coordinate tool to come up with the possibility of old urban spaces.

Strategy:

1. The Create compatibility between original and new functions

2. The Catalyse interaction and stimulation between different group of users

3. The Enhance the complementarity of uses/activities in time

4. The Intensification of y space organization

5. Sustain Cultural cultural absorption and continuity