with Isaac Strackbein
An integrated solution
We propose a project that integrates several solutions to pressing problems of Shanghai, among which are pollution, traffic, replacement housing, decreasing agricultural land and runaway development, and lays the foundation for a sustainable city redevelopment. A master plan places core buildings in Shanghai’s typical Lilong social housing districts from the 1900's which are on the brink of demolition throughout the city, and connects them through channel systems that are accompanied with bicycle and pedestrians thoroughfares.
The plan gives new viability to the Lilong housing districts, and reinvigorates the city with local urban cores that encourage local trade, social interaction and high quality affordable living environments. The cores contain mixed use urban centers activated by a program of market places, cultural facilities, public gardens, retail, commercial, residential and large scale urban agriculture. Some Lilong districts are sacrificed to create new viable conditions for others and the diagram of these Lilongs are turned inside out.
Casi 18 años han transcurrido desde que se firmó la Ley 20 del 1992 que creó la Corporación Pública para el Desarrollo Integral de la Península de Cantera con el objetivo de transformar social, física y económicamente a la comunidad y a sus residentes. Hoy, a dos años para que se cumpla el plazo de 20 años hábiles de funcionamiento de la Corporación, el liderato se haya muy adelantado en el proceso de preparación para asumir de horma autónoma la responsabilidad por el cambio de su espacio y de su gente.
