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THE SOCIAL UNIT

100 ARCHITECTS
CHINA

© Amey Kandalgaonkar

PROJECT DETAILS:

Project name: The Cloud Design: 100architects Designteam: Marcial Jesus, Javier Gonzalez Production: Dupond (Shanghai) Location: West Bund, Shanghai, China Area: 4m2 (2 x 2 m.) Completion: March 2016 Photographer: Amey Kandalgaonkar

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Concept
The concept is to generate a scalable object as a platform for enhancing social interaction synergies, hosting multiple functions and several users at the same time.

The Social Unit is a trial to catalyze the integration of social interactions in residual public spaces of the renowned West Bund, Shanghai’s new art district.

After a process of rapid & radical urban transformation of such a scale, which turned the industrialized area into a Cultural Corridor, arises the opportunity of revitalizing residual pedestrian areas at the bank of Huangpu River.