Hefeng Collective Housing.
Hefeng, China
Can a hillside become common ground?
Hefeng Collective Housing connects a mountain settlement with a proposal for shared living and working. The thesis begins with local agriculture and exchange, imagining places where farmers, visitors, and new residents can meet. Housing follows the slope, while paths and common spaces link the parts into a larger community.
The proposal follows the terrain with connected volumes and shared edges.
Build with the change in level.
Stepped pathways, winding routes, and courtyard-like spaces draw on the spatial character of traditional settlements. The section carries these relationships into the building: lower levels meet the ground while upper spaces open out toward the landscape. Changes in height become opportunities for shared rooms and connections.
The section follows the hillside through a sequence of rooms, terraces, and connections.
Make room for different ways of living.
Cooperative, shared, independent, and family housing are conceived alongside studios, reading rooms, and places for work. The larger thesis connects these spaces to agricultural exhibitions and local trade. The housing is intended to support exchange between established residents and newcomers, while allowing households to retain different patterns of daily life.
The model studies how distinct volumes can share routes and spaces across the slope.
Terrain / Home / Exchange
A community shaped by the hillside.
The project brings housing, work, and local exchange into one spatial proposal. Shared paths provide continuity between households without asking every household to live in the same way.
Back to the beginning ↑- Location
- Hefeng, China
- Studio
- Undergraduate thesis project
- Instructor
- Xiaohu Liu
- Collaboration
- Individual work