Maximize the Minimum in China

Baitasi urban regeneration

  • Awards Acknowledgement prize 2017–2018 Asia Pacific

Regeneration of the existing historic Baitasi neighborhood through the deployment of minimal means for maximum effect in Beijing, China.

By Shimeng Hao - Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture (BUCEA), School of Architecture & Urban Plann, Beijing, China; Yu Wang, Zhang Yue, Peiming Li, Cong Nie, Mengxing Cao, Liying Wu - Tsinghua University, School of Architecture, Beijing, China and

Ideas: Economic & Social Empowerment

The project offers a set of strategies for the regeneration of the Baitasi historic neighborhood in the west downtown district of Beijing. New low-rise, courtyard housing will be added within the built fabric via pilot programs to increase densification without high-rise construction.

The proposed scheme empowers local stakeholders and vulnerable on-site residents to upgrade infrastructure and public services.

Maximize the Minimum in China

Project authors

  • LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 for Asia Pacific prize handover ceremony, Kuala Lumpur
    Shimeng Hao

    Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture (BUCEA), School of Architecture & Urban Plann

    China

  • YW
    Yu Wang

    Tsinghua University, School of Architecture

    China

  • Peiming Li

    Tsinghua University, School of Architecture

    China

  • Cong Nie

    Tsinghua University, School of Architecture

    China

  • MC
    Mengxing Cao

    Tsinghua University, School of Architecture

    China

  • Liying Wu

    Tsinghua University, School of Architecture

    China

  • YZ
    Yang Zhang

    Tsinghua University, School of Architecture

    China

  • QL
    Qingchun Li

    Tsinghua University, School of Architecture

    China

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