a generative lab for urban evolution
“Hutopolis” is a research program that aims to investigate new boundaries for the urban development in China. The study intends to re-use and enhance the existing urban framework and networks as a key idea to generate a new evolution of the city. Meaning an utopic city of Hutongs, Hutopolis (h-uto-polis), is a fictive collage of words coming from radically different backgrounds that reflect the cultural openness of the project.

“Hutopolis”的研究计划,旨在探讨中国城市发展的新方向。这项研究以再利用和加强现有城市框架和网络作为一个关键的概念,产生一个新的城市演变。 Hutopolis(H -反对派的城邦),意思是乌托邦城市的胡同,来自一个完全不同的背景,反映了该项目的文化开放性。