My house is a 34-square-meter house
But basically I have to say it is the best house I’ve ever had in my life
The most important paper in Italy wrote the article
All the friends know where I live and how I lived
I’m very happy to be here
I love more and more China
Anshan Wu Cun (village five)
One of Shanghai’s earliest new villages of workers
At its peak in the 70s
There were over one million residents
Aldo Cibic, a co-founder of Memphis
In 2018
I broke my leg
He came to see me with his son
I told him about the community project that we’re working on
He’s like now that I’m in China
I must live with the most authentic community
He found a 40-square-meter apartment
The apartment is probably the most reported one
By world media in Shanghai
The guy at the laundry
We communicate with translator
I asked him to ask around if there was an apartment
Just a very simple rectangular shape
But I wanted to do it very well
I used the colors of the wall, that is just normal painting, it’s kind of greenish light blue color
I wanted to have a not expensive material
The floor is the floor of an old house that I found from these people in Hangzhou
What I love the most is the big window with the Venetian blinds
I like to make little landscape
I realize that these landscapes are like my friends, I feel less alone
Today the kitchen they design is always beautiful kitchen but no life inside
It’s the best kitchen I’ve had in my life, it’s very small
I can reach everything without moving
I’m very lazy
I have blue pants, shirts, blue shirts
5 pairs of socks, 3 pairs of shoes
And I can spend my life with these
It’s a very rich living room
I like to observe people here, I see what they do
And I find these very touching for me
In 2018 we came up with the idea to find such a place
Moved a lot of our college’s labs to the community
College, businesses, individuals, teachers
Formed a community
Spontaneously formed a street
We hope that future colleges are not in walls
Community is the extension of college
A more down-to-earth classroom
In 2018, I passed by the street very often when I was in college
Bumpy roads
Fruit shop, hardware shop, small restaurants
Residents complained a lot
I learned design in college
We learned about Aldo Cibic in our class
We were like “for real?” when we knew Aldo lived here
It’s a big change for our senior neighbors
My mother was turning 60
And she was really excited about the idea
Why buy a new apartment, we can totally redecorate an old one
In April
I took over the place
And participated in the transformation of the street
There are great places in the community for them to work and start a business
Reduced rent
Coffee shop owner Louis
He is a coffee bean hunter
Supplies beans to many instagramable cafes
This is his first physical café
A lot of people came here and posted their visit
Wawa, a plant-based diet professional
She was a HVAC designer
Did some activities in collaboration with our shared kitchen
And she quit her job as she did it
Then she started her own business, cooking classes
Working with student organizations
Giving the residents a guide to plants
Old residents would come to water the plants
They’d ask for coffee grounds from the cafes
Then various kinds of interaction follow
I talked to people having coffee here
And I was so happy to learn
That one of the reasons they bought the apartment was the street
A couple involved in architectural design
They live in the building next door to Also
Bought an apartment less than 60 square meters
British Design Museum
During the epidemic
It selected a series of cases representing the future lifestyle
They included the case
The reason is very simple
Since the outbreak
Family has started to shoulder all functions of the city
And community is a larger version of family
People’s value changed too
They don’t want to go back to the city
To work in those office buildings again
During the epidemic, labs performed important functions
The campus had more restrictions than the community
Teachers and students were not allowed on the campus of Tongji University
So they worked day and night
In the labs on the street
Huo-Yan Laboratory
Was built within 6 hours
Virus testing has been applied
Wherever there is COVID19 in China, there is it
The society needs a lighthouse
College should play the part
Of a guide
Whether it’s individual or enterprise
They are willing to join in
To make community a source of urban innovation