Water Tower Home transformation: bottom-up urban regeneration through a reality TV show

Abstract The article examines Wutopia Lab’s transformation of the Water Tower Home (shuita zhijia, also know as ‘House on the House’), a top-floor unit of a residential building converted from a water tower located in a Bulinli lilong neighbourhood in Shanghai. In 2015, the top-floor unit was transf...

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Main Authors: Diyu Liu, Lui Tam, Yingchun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-05-01
Series:Built Heritage
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-024-00125-4