Fuzzy Collectives

dc.contributor.advisorNichols, Sarah
dc.contributor.advisorFinley, Dawn
dc.creatorSun, Xiefangzheng
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T21:51:33Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T21:51:33Z
dc.date.created2021-05
dc.date.issued2021-04-30
dc.date.submittedMay 2021
dc.date.updated2021-05-03T21:51:33Z
dc.description.abstractFuzzy Collectives is a strategically heavy-handed renovation project and a critique of contemporary Chinese cities - cities that are often too large in scale and too singular in program, with few true collective spaces. Fuzzy Collectives reacts to the modernist condition of bigness in contemporary China by proposing a series of demolitions, additions and renovations to ubiquitous planned-economy-era “microdistricts”. It attempts to effectively reconfigure these socialist housing blocks without a complete rebuild. Fuzzy Collectives looks to open up closed urban systems, create layered collective spaces, and generate long-term flexibility through converting single-program buildings into program neutral ones. It hopes to establish a density of activities- small businesses, workspaces, spectacles, and flexible housing options. Fuzzy Collectives is fuzzy in its program, its spatial layers, and in its reflection of Chinese notions of collectivity and individuality.
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dc.identifier.citationSun, Xiefangzheng. "Fuzzy Collectives." (2021) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/110446">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/110446</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110446
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjecturbanism
dc.subjectBeijing
dc.subjectrenovation
dc.titleFuzzy Collectives
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture & Building Science
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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