Baiziwan Social Housing Beijing Building by MAD Architects, New Chinese Architecture Design Photos
Baiziwan Social Housing Beijing Building News
20 June 2022
MAD Reveals their First Social Housing Project
Design: MAD Architects
Location: Beijing, Northern China

photograph : ArchExist
Baiziwan Social Housing in Beijing by MAD, China
Baiziwan Social Housing (later referred to as Baiziwan) is the first affordable housing project by MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong. Situated near the CBD (central business district) in Beijing, the project covers the area of 93,900 square meters, with a total construction area of 473,300 square meters. The scheme is comprised of 12 residential buildings collectively providing 4000 households. Since its completion, almost 3000 families have moved in. The project offers dwellings for welfare dependents and young professionals.
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The project is a culmination of Ma Yansong?s extensive research into social housing, which began in 2014. Under the thematic topic ?The Sociality of Social Housing,? MAD?s research focuses on the historical development and design of social housing across different countries. The research has been further developed by Ma Yansong?s own engagements with this subject while teaching at Tsinghua University and the Beijing Architecture University.
Later, Beijing?s Public Housing Center invited Ma Yansong to design the Baiziwan Social Housing in 2014. MAD saw the commission as an opportunity to improve the liv...