growing Residence

This project is a collective housing, located in Jinan, the World's First Spring City, which degelates the historical and cultural development of Jinan Spring Water. Starting from the elements of emotion and life, and combining the elements of communication, cultural transmission, economy, education and nature, it integrates the characteristics of houses and streets in the old urban area and puts them back to the site. The unique process of growing soja and making tofu with spring water are included in the project, so that the residence can return to nature, and the users can have a better understand with the history of the development of Quancheng and the unique characteristics of old Jinan .

The north of the site facing Daming Lake, which witnessed the development history of Ji'nan springs for thousands of years, and the site is facing Baihuazhou which is an important constituent of the Ji'nan spring's system. The old streets and alleys around the site also add a historical charm to the historical rings.

The problems in the site and the solutions

Through the investigation of different people's one-day activities, I found that many people have common activities but the site do not provide suitable venues for them to communicate. Streets and alleys have not been well utilized as important places to provide communication. With the development of the areas, streets and alleys have gradually decreased, so the characteristics of old Jinan's streets and alleys have been reorganized and put back.