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Reinforcing Connection Within Collective Housing: A New Vision Of Red Steel City, Guangyi Niu
Reinforcing Connection Within Collective Housing: A New Vision Of Red Steel City, Guangyi Niu
Masters Theses
Red Steel City is a historical residential complex built 64 year ago for the first workers of the Iron & Steel Complex in Wuhan, China, under the help design guidance of the former Soviet Union. Equipped with educational and medical facilities, this “City” nearly meets every need of the residents. Where residents worked boosted the development of steel, which is considered a prerequisite for industrialization, and where they lived became the template for the era when China was finding its footing in its incredible drive to industrialization.
The original plan of Red Steel City did not consider practical conditions like …
Unraveling The Living: Reframing Cramped Housing As A Social Living, Dong-Zoo Han
Unraveling The Living: Reframing Cramped Housing As A Social Living, Dong-Zoo Han
Masters Theses
In Seoul, people of the poorest economic status live in compressed units no larger than 32 square feet, known as “sliced housing.” The majority of these residents hope for better living conditions, but they are unable to move for multiple reasons. This is an interwoven sociological issue that requires intervention proposals that improve the physical and mental wellbeing of the people in these housing situations. This thesis demonstrates possible architectural interventions that will enhance the quality of life and support systems within Seoul’s “sliced housing” villages.
Other urban villages in Seoul in similar states of degradation have been destroyed, with …