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Haiwei Xie

MA work

MA work

A lineage of disruptive technologies has had a deleterious effect on the family structure and social functions of the British domestic setting. Can new sociologies from Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are forming the majority of London’s immigration, reinvigorate the traditional London ‘BRIC’(K) house?


The ‘BRIC’ house is a high-quality, high-density and low-price housing development proposal creating multicultural communal spaces for single people, single parents and immigrants in Chelsea Barracks, which is trying to respond to the question: how can technologies change the relationship between family and house?


Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Architecture

    Programme

    MA Architecture, 2012

    Specialism

    ADS4

  • A lineage of disruptive technologies has had a deleterious effect on the family structure and social functions of the British domestic setting. Can new sociologies from Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are forming the majority of London’s immigration, reinvigorate the traditional London ‘BRIC’(K) house?


    The ‘BRIC’ house is a high-quality, high-density and low-price housing development proposal creating multicultural communal spaces for single people, single parents and immigrants in Chelsea Barracks, which is trying to respond to the question: how can technologies change the relationship between family and house?


  • Degrees

  • BA, Architecture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China, 2010
  • Experience

  • Internship, DADA Architect, Beijing, China, 2009; Internship, Beijing Institue of Archiecture Design, Beijing, China, 2007; Internship, Strategy Architectural Design Co Ltd, Beijing, China, 2006
  • Exhibitions

  • Work-in-progress Show, Royal College of Art, 2012; Work-in-progress Show, Royal College of Art, 2011; Designing Connected Places, Torino World Design Capital, Castello di Pollenzo, Turin, Italy, 2008; National Outstanding Student Work Exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China, 2007
  • Awards

  • Second prize, CAFA Scholarship, 2008; First prize, CAFA Excellent Students' Work, 2007; Winner, Revit Cup National Architectural Professional Instruction and Evaluation Event, 2007