RETHINKING URBAN VILLAGE IN BEIJING : EXPLORING STRATEGIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SPACE, STRENTHENING COMMUNITY LIFE

Abstract: The project is to develop practical strategies for an urban village in Beijing which integrates programs of infrastructure, public space and community life. First, it contains research which clarifies what is urban village and its formation process under Beijing’s extension background; the inhabitants, the value, and the situation of urban village. Second, it includes clear analyses of the location, land-use, spatial condition, and typology of streets and nodes; the main problems and corresponding interventions, and develops the strategy as integrated & centralized program system. Finally, the project develops the masterplan, the system model and the layers in which the programs really integrate and work together.