Another Collectivism
Honorable Mention -- UIA-HYP CUP 2018 International Student Competition
2018 Spring
Group Work with Hongjun Liu
Instructor: Mei Jiang
In the past, the unit compound was a top--down collectivist house dominated by socialism political environment and collective economy in that period. It was a symbol of the Maoist era during which people gathered together because of factors of production. However, as the social mechanism changes and with the unit system proved outdated, the unit compound must constantly reform itself. A new production model for future is urgently needed. By providing a social condense of co-working & co-living, people live together based on shared interests. Previous traditional relationship between work and residence, office, and housing, and between collectivism and individualism, is revised. A new model of amalgamation of production and reproduction is needed. This design project has offered such a model. The cogent symbol of this new collectivist residence can even offer a possibility for political and economic developments.
