Urban Village

from Misuse, Mix use, Reuse, Adjust, Accommodate, Adapt

Thesis Statement

Shenzhen Urban Village

Urban villages (literally: "village in city") are villages that appear on both the outskirts and the downtown segments of major skyscrapers, transportation infrastructures, and other modern urban constructions. Urban villages are a unique phenomenon that Urban villages are commonly inhabited by the poor and transient, and as such they are associated with squalor, overcrowding and some cities and are notable for affording economic opportunity to newcomers to the city.

Urban villages (literally: "village in city") are villages that appear on both the outskirts and the downtown segments of major Chinese cities, including Shenzhen and Guangzhou. They are surrounded by skyscrapers, transportation infrastructures, and other modern urban constructions. Urban villages are a unique phenomenon that formed part of China's urbanization efforts. Urban villages are commonly inhabited by the poor and transient, and as such they are associated with squalor, overcrowding and social problems. However, they are also among the liveliest areas in

Urban Village Rental Resident

Urban village rental resident is the least powerful stakeholder among all and has been constantly silenced in the process of re own lands and thus have little leverage to protect their rights of residence in the process of redevelopment. Urban villages pr and also create harmonious neighborhoods. Meanwhile, rents within urban villages are usually more affordable, offering a more Without resolving the shortage of affordable housing in the city, this population will just move to the city peripheral and dri be included in the conversation of redevelopment and offered other options to stay in the city.

Urban village rental resident is the least powerful stakeholder among all and has been constantly silenced in the process of redevelopment. Most of them rent houses from local urban villagers who own lands and thus have little leverage to protect their rights of residence in the process of redevelopment. Urban villages provide a good sense of "home" for urban immigrants and rural laborers in urban villages are usually more affordable, offering a more vivid first-level commercial, and mixed-use space for urban life. Without resolving the shortage of affordable housing in the city, this population will just move to the city peripheral and drive the rises of new urban villages in the future. The request of this group is to

Demolition or regeneration

The default approach to redeveloping the urban villages is to demolish the original structures and impose a new urban proposal negative or unnecessary emblem of the historical past of the city and reinforces the social stigma of the area. However, a few to redevelopment that intentionally preserves a certain percentage of urban villages from real estate development to ensure the to address urban villages—from removal to regenerate—is the evidence toward the evolving relationship between the governments The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture exhibition hosted in Shenzhen March 2018 also proposed a new lexicon to describe

The default approach to redeveloping the urban villages is to demolish the original structures and impose a new urban proposal on top of a blank space. This approach treats urban village as a negative or unnecessary emblem of the historical past of the city and reinforces the social stigma of the area. However, a few cities, such as Shenzhen in 2018, started to implement a softer approach to redevelopment that intentionally preserves a certain percentage of urban villages from real estate development to ensure the supply for affordable housing in the city. The evolution of word choices dence toward the evolving relationship between the governments and the urban villages to work toward a mutually benefiting goal. The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture exhibition hosted in Shenzhen March 2018 also proposed a new lexicon to describe the relationship between the city and urban villages as "symbiosis".