METAMORPHOSIS BETWEEN LIMITS / 极限之间的变革

Metamorphosis between Limits is a design research aimed at connecting two different urban fabrics with adequate functions, inserting itself into an empty field, but with well-defined margins. The urban area under study is the old Xi'an station, which today constitutes a physical and visual barrier and a place of congestion between the imperial city and the Daming Palace National Heritage Park, both important cultural centers. The aim of this research is to explore how the area that now hosts the huge transport infrastructure transforms from a barrier to a permeable urban piece, becoming a place with its own identity to stay in, thus losing its connotation of non-place. The project aims to revitalize, imagining a connection between the two cultural poles of the Tang heritage, and at the same time to redefine an urban fabric with a new morphology, injecting new forms of urban life into the heart of Xi'an.