I PARK
Urban landscape in
Shanghai
By: Giampiero Sanguigni Kic Park is a leftover urban area in Shanghai that architect Francesco Gatti was surprised to see had escaped development. Its positioned at the entrance to Kic Village, constructed in recent years for the students at the nearby universities of Fudan and Tongji. Since 2005, when the Italian architect transferred part of his professional activities to China he has recurrently been interested in the possibility of designing interstice spaces – as in the case of the In Factory JingAn Six Loft Buildings (2006), where the outside areas of the redevelopment project were treated on a par with a residential and work environment.
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