Hanzhengjie — an Informal City

Abstract

Based on historical study and social analysis, this article reveals the inner logic of spatial transformation over the past several hundred years of the Hanzhengjie district in the city of Wuhan. It also focuses on the concept of informality and everyday life, using some interesting case studies to discuss the relationship between the evolution and revolution of its urban morphology and everyday life. As a result, the author proposes that the perspectives of urban informality and everyday life are necessary compensations for modern rational planning, and objectively argues that the life here is a value that we should preserve to some extent.