At Home in Shanghai

Presented at the Procreate Pop-up in Shanghai, this series explores the visual language of Lilong and Shikumen architecture.

The work draws from the layered environment of Shanghai’s historic neighbourhoods, where laundry poles, overhead wires, spontaneous greenery, and everyday street life form a dense and dynamic visual field. Architectural elements are reinterpreted through a synthesis of Art Nouveau influences and the hybrid East–West character of the city, interwoven with contemporary urban culture.

Rather than direct documentation, the images are developed through a process of selective memory, where observed details are distilled, abstracted, and recomposed into a stylised visual system that reflects the rhythm of daily life.