NAUTA FIRST PRIZE COMPETITION WINNER IN SHENZHEN – CHINA

NAUTA FIRST PRIZE COMPETITION WINNER IN SHENZHEN – CHINA

We are happy to announce that NAUTA is the winner of the Q city International Urban Design competition for the requalification of the Yantian district in Shenzhen.
NAUTA’s project promotes the redevelopment of the Dameisha Urban Village by adding a ‘diffused hotel’. By analyzing the local statistics about tourism trends and types, we propose to add the social layer of the informal tourist (backpackers, culture lovers, students), willing to mingle with local habits. This type is perfectly applicable to the local rental schemes, in which single owners or cooperatives manage the low budget rental units fort the unregistered floating population.
Tourists will be integrated into this system, while experiencing the real cultural background of Shenzhen. This strategy wills to contribute to the preservation of the Urban Villages from progressive demolition, by strengthening local economy and promoting the spontaneous improvement of public space and its sanitary conditions. Upon proven success of the model with the pilot project, it can be further exported to the 200 urban villages that are disseminated in the metropolitan area of Shenzhen.