Thresholds. Between City and Housing

THE CONTEMPORARY THRESHOLD SPACE IN SHANGHAI

Alexandre PUECH

Original language

English

French

University course

Double Master's Degree Program ENSAS-CAUP Tongji

Year

2017

The threshold space which allows the transition between the city and the housing, is still a question for architects. Through the study of Chinese culture, this master thesis tries to understand the possibilities of a contemporary threshold space in the residential towers in Shanghai. With its ambiguous situation in the city, the threshold space could become an inexhaustible source of architectural and urban innovations.

Keywords Threshold, housing neighbourhoods, tower buildings, density, urban porosity, spatial device public-private transition, privacy space, limits