Urban Tulou [土楼公社/万汇楼]
Confronting the social housing challenges
Location: [佛山市南海区] S15 Shanhai Expressway, Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong
Typology: Social housing Scale: 6 storeys, 13 711sqm; 300 to 500 inhabitants Contracting authority: Shenzhen Vanke Real Estate Co. Ltd. Main Stakeholders: Urbanus (Architecture & Design) Year: 2008
A Tulou is a kind of traditional circular communal residence found in South-East China. The design proposed by Urbanus agency, inspired by the ancient typology, innovatively tackles two major challenges. That is, the lack of investment from private investors towards social housing, and the lack of consideration taken into the relation between architecture and people’s ways of life. In the end, a private real estate developer was persuaded to found the project, and a high-quality interior design and well-thought links between the different parts of the building were developed.
Keywords: Architectural research, Shared
Confronting the social housing challenges
Location: [佛山市南海区] S15 Shanhai Expressway, Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong
Typology: Social housing Scale: 6 storeys, 13 711sqm; 300 to 500 inhabitants Contracting authority: Shenzhen Vanke Real Estate Co. Ltd. Main Stakeholders: Urbanus (Architecture & Design) Year: 2008
A Tulou is a kind of traditional circular communal residence found in South-East China. The design proposed by Urbanus agency, inspired by the ancient typology, innovatively tackles two major challenges. That is, the lack of investment from private investors towards social housing, and the lack of consideration taken into the relation between architecture and people’s ways of life. In the end, a private real estate developer was persuaded to found the project, and a high-quality interior design and well-thought links between the different parts of the building were developed.
Keywords: Architectural research, Shared