Academic Architecture

Vertical City Housing

Housing research · massing · circulation · unit planning

Period

2018

Location

Xi'an, China

Role

Individual graduation design

Status

Academic / Unbuilt

Project premise

The project asks how a residential complex can behave less like a stack of isolated apartments and more like a small city.

A high-density housing proposal that turns circulation, landscape and shared programs into a three-dimensional neighbourhood.

Site

49,550 m²

Floor area

112,010 m²

FAR

2.26

Height

58.45 m / 20 storeys

Green ratio

55%

Parking

897 spaces

Selected project material