‘BIANLIAN’ Market

In the past 200 years, cities in China was experiencing a quick evolution. The quick establishment of Chinese contemporary cities lead to a group of issues in society. People are moving away from their hometown and people are lacking a sense of belonging in the metropolitan city and to the local community.

Looking back on the history of both the Chinese community and the market. The COVID situation might be an opportunity to find out a new way to re-establish the local identity. The future market can be adaptable when there is an emergency event. People's activities might still need to follow social distance for now but may be back to normal following the pandemic. If there happens to be another public health issue, then it can be scalable to any spatial requirements. It would also be a place to keep the memories, moments, events, and experiences. It can work as the container to hold the moments for each generation so that identity will never be lost but transformed into a different form in our memories.