The city is the container of collective memory. In China, as the real estate development, numbers of similar apartment is expanding in the city with the damage of urban original tissue and traditional neighborhood. As a result, the senior citizen lost the source of their memory. And the young generation missed a part of city history. The difference increased the communication gap between the family member. Now, the old apartment needs to be renovated to meet the resident’s living requirements. Following that, a manifesto about rebuilding the memory is beginning.
“A WUHAN MEMOIR” is a debate about urban memory and urban development. It is hard to stop this indifferent economy processing, But what attitude should be built for the human’s memory or the sense of belonging? How can the people recognize where he or she comes from if the city is completely changed and nothing old left? The design is nothing about new, but the mirror of history.
武汉回忆录
城市是集体记忆的容器。在中国房地产发展的驱使下，大量同质的平板房占据了城市原始的肌理并取代了原始的邻里关系。因此老年人失去了他们记忆的溯源，而新一代的人们缺失了这段过去的历史。这段差距也进一步拉大了两代人之间的交流代沟。如今，老旧的平板房需要更新来适应新的生活需求，为此，这个翻新提案希望重拾那些记忆和传统关系。
A second layer on the existing facade
Reuse the negative space in the building
Each elevator is connected with the flat part which do not have the height changing.
Space belongs to all the resident who lives in this apartment. Different types of furniture and installation would be put in different areas to define the space function.
As the furniture changing, these public areas could be used to multi-purpose.
Project Information:
Location: Wuhan, China
Individual Work
Time: 2017.02 – 2017.05
Advisor: Penny Lewis
