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Qianhai Floating City

Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang

QIANHAI FLOATING CITY

People's Architecture Office

ARCHITECTS
People's Architecture Office

PROJECT TEAM
He Wang, Pengfei Gao, Zhenghua Li, Jiaqi Xu

PRINCIPAL
Zhe He, James Shen, Feng Zang

CO DESIGNER AND COORDINATOR
Dongxiying Studio CCDI

THE CLIENT
2020 Qianhai Future Urbanism/Architecture Exhibition

PHOTOGRAPHS
Chao Zhang

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Shenzhen, China

CATEGORY
Public Space, Installation

The Qianhai Floating City activates a barren site with the use of an open spatial framework.

Qianhai Floating City
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Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang

Conceived and realized during the Covid-19 pandemic, a time of heightened uncertainty, the project is an expression of how urban space can quickly adapt to changing needs.

The project is a flexible framework comprised of rented scaffolding. This structural system can be easily constructed, altered, and disassembled without waste.

Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang
Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang

Qianhai Floating City served as the "Instant City" section of the 2020 Qianhai Future Urbanism/Architecture Exhibition.

This show explored new models for city planning based on public participation and bottom-up practices.

Qianhai Floating City
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Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang

Such approaches are in contrast to the top-down urban planning that is the convention in Shenzhen, where Qianhai is located.

The design of the Qianhai Floating City was a collective effort and the result of discussions between exhibition participants.

Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang
Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang

The structure hosted a range of shifting programs, including movie screenings, lectures, workshops, and other public events.

Visitors could traverse the Floating City’s colorful pathways to explore various embedded artwork.

Qianhai Floating City
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Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang

And guests were offered to encompass views of the city as they inhabited the three-dimensional grid.


Qianhai Floating City
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Qianhai Floating City
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Qianhai Floating City
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Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang


Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang
Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang
Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang
Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang
Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang
Qianhai Floating City
© Chao Zhang


Qianhai Floating City
SECTION


Qianhai Floating City
Axonometric


Qianhai Floating City
Discussion Area
Qianhai Floating City
Theater


Qianhai Floating City
SITE PLAN
Qianhai Floating City
Exploded Axonometric

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