Chong Ming Island, Xian Qiao Village
One of the last green Islands in the vicinity of Shanghai
One of the last green Islands in the vicinity of Shanghai
The objective is to design a product-service-system platform materialised in a synergic network of Service Centres, supporting the everyday life of a new creative entrepreneurial community in Chongming Island (China). This new entrepreneurial community offers solutions for hospitality, production and trading in different areas; conceived around principles of sustainability, demediation and collaboration. All solutions are created as bridges between the periurban territory of the Island and the city of Shanghai, so as to preserve and qualify the agricultural vocation of Chongming and to serve the city with rural based products and experiences.
Valorize the local skills and traditions of Xian Qiao villagers without putting them at risk of being neglected or transformed.
Draw advantage from natural resources not by adding permanent infrastructures but rather by utilizing the present ones.
Encourage the refurbishment and renovation of the past constructions instead of building brand new ones.
Stimulate the interaction and the cooperation between villagers and tourists by living together and sharing daily activities
The work has been developed with a research on site (4 days observation and interviews), the construction of a micropanorama 3d which shows the idea (problem solving, diffused hospitality), and the set up of an exhibition during the Design Week in Shanghai
Valorize the local skills and traditions of Xian Qiao villagers without putting them at risk of being neglected or transformed.
Draw advantage from natural resources not by adding permanent infrastructures but rather by utilizing the present ones.
Encourage the refurbishment and renovation of the past constructions instead of building brand new ones.
Stimulate the interaction and the cooperation between villagers and tourists by living together and sharing daily activities
The work has been developed with a research on site (4 days observation and interviews), the construction of a micropanorama 3d which shows the idea (problem solving, diffused hospitality), and the set up of an exhibition during the Design Week in Shanghai
Analysis of the existent and the potential seeds to be developed.
