Who created the project "Building Stories"?

This project was created by Su Wu on uni.xyz, a platform for design professionals to showcase their work.

What type of design project is "Building Stories"?

"Building Stories" is a Chinese Small Scale Architecture, Community Architecture, Sustainable Urbanism, Community-Driven Architecture, Sustainable Design, Low Carbon Design, Urbanism, Low Cost Design project showcased on uni.xyz.

Where is the project "Building Stories" located?

This project is located in China.

Building Stories

The idea is to preserve the collective effort lifestyle for relocated farmers in rural China by creating a new collective living space of 'chuan menr', which means 'dropping around' - an important traditional custom in rural China; and by offering the possibility for them to ?build? their houses as they want.

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