THE PYRAMID

Mumbai Mixed Housing Concept, 2018 Spring
Linshen Xie, Hanyou Zhang, Xue Yang




The strong geometric shape of Pyramid usually comes with a stereotype of privacy and hierarchy. The Pyramid proposes a new urban mega-structure typology that inverts the solidness of the geometric symbol into a procession route and platform for public activity. The landscape level in between open structure for the poor and solid space for the rich provides a shared public space, especially during religious holidays. The adjacenct of living and commercial space in self-built informal insertions creates income opportunity when bringing the rich into the lower structure. The floating pyramid in the skyline mimics the current social wealth structure.  

Seven to One


Informal to Formal


Labors to Money