Urban Loopholes Creative Alliances of Spatial Production in Shanghai's City Center

Urban reuse, creative production, consumerism and heritage protection have formed a productive alliance for the transformation of inner-city districts of Shanghai. This in-depth study, based on the author's intimate familiarity of the local scene and supported by K. Christiaanse and M. Angélil of ETH Zurich and the Singapore-ETH Centre, describes the strategies, players and processes of a specifically Chinese model of urban transformation.