YEARBOOK 2016 - 2017 | XJTLU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
The fourth edition of the yearbook of the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University presents student works created during the academic year 2016 - 2017. The yearbook exemplifies the new model for Chinese architectural education for which the department was commended by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). It is thus also a showcase of the creative culture that has guided our students in taking first steps to successful international careers as responsible and creative architectural designers. XJTLU offers RIBA Part 1, 2 and 3.
The fourth edition of the yearbook of the Department of Architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University presents student works created during the academic year 2016 - 2017. The yearbook exemplifies the new model for Chinese architectural education for which the department was commended by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). It is thus also a showcase of the creative culture that has guided our students in taking first steps to successful international careers as responsible and creative architectural designers. XJTLU offers RIBA Part 1, 2 and 3.
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TONGLI:<br />
RETHINKING, REVITALIZATION AND REGENERATION<br />
The Master Thesis “Tongli: Rethinking, Revitalization and Regeneration” explores the tensions, conflicts and design opportunities behind the<br />
relationship between rural environments and urban environments in China. The economic growth of China's urban centres has impacted the<br />
country's agrarian communities in recent decades. It is estimated that about 1.1 million villages disappeared between 2000 and 2010.<br />
Once culturally and economically rich, villages are currently at a crossroad; are they going to dissipate, leaving behind disjointed patches of<br />
urban fragments embedded in the rural landscape? Or perhaps this is an opportunity to explore and propose new ways of architecture for rural<br />
development.<br />
The first part of the thesis identifies 3 types of villages (semi-urban, semi-rural and fully rural) and selects 3 villages representative of these<br />
categories; Tongli, Bishan and Nanping. After undertaking a site and morphological analyses, the thesis proposes village-scale projects aimed to<br />
ignite different types of rural regeneration in each of the studied villages.<br />
<strong>2016</strong>-<strong>2017</strong> <strong>YEARBOOK</strong> Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of Architecture 西 交 利 物 浦 大 学 建 筑 系<br />
The second part of the thesis fully develops one of these proposals at an architectural scale, creating a new entrance and regeneration area in the<br />
water town of Tongli.<br />
STUDENT<br />
Sharvari Shanmugam<br />
Glen Wash<br />
SUPERVISORS<br />
Juan Carlos Dall'Asta
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