Located within Liu Xian Dong High-Tech district, this housing project provides home for some of Shenzhen’s booming talents. The 150.000m2 small-scale apartments and 20.000m2 hotel are complemented with 15.000m2 amenity spaces and 5.000m2 commercial space surrounding courtyard and towards the street.
In 2020, Shuying was part of the architects team at MLA+ in Rotterdam, working on the challenge of combining compact residential living with the extraordinary scale of the Tropical Metropolis. The project investigated how intelligent spatial organization could enhance the quality of small living units within a highly dense urban context. Principles commonly applied to studio apartments became increasingly significant, as every square metre saved translated into substantial gains when multiplied across hundreds of homes.
Optimizing did not stop at finding the most efficient floor plan. Structure, installations, facades, fit-out all bear potential for optimization – knowledge we were able to evolve during this project.
Micro living’s qualities not only lie in the residential units. More than in other residential projects, the quality and usability of the shared spaces and shared facilities are important. We, therefore, put extra emphasis on allocating them in the best places in the building within an environment that helps them thrive.