Nanjing Forestry University

The project is a good example of an appropriate and well balanced intervention, not needing to resort to the glamor of images to convince around its ability to build a bond between users and built space. The jury appreciated low-cost interventions and formal simplicity that offer a high-quality environment for educational processes on limited roof space.

Historical issues Today, many cities with a population of one million in China still have a large number of residential areas built during the governmental intervention economy era. The collective housing allocation system used by the communist government had left such communities with an extremely uneven population age structure and unimaginable residential densities. This type […]

Site Context The site, with an area of 40 square meters, is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, at the junction of Nanjing Forestry University and Suojin Community. The site has formed a land-use pattern with a diverse group of stakeholders – a mix of teaching and residential interests. As the site lies on the […]

Series garden furnitures are assembled by discarded food containers; concrete residue produced during factory construction is reused to build gabion walls; compost barrels repurpose gardening waste into fertilizer… We use recyclable materials as much as possible. Jiushengmei Kitchen WasteTreatment Plant shoulders the social responsibility of popularizing renewable energy to the public. It guides residents towards […]

Nowadays, China’s micro-wetlands have not received enough attention due to their small size, scattered distribution and remote location, but their distribution is extremely widespread. With reasonable development and utilization, it will produce huge ecological potential and social benefits. The existing wastelands and polluted ponds are transformed into a natural and wild micro-wetland, achieving a “small […]

STARTING POSITION It is a small sunken garden located in the corner of a huge monolithic building in a large city park，and originally a vacant lot on the edge of a parking lot that no one cares about. This long and empty flight of steps is framed by the floor-to-ceiling windows of a large conference […]