Yiqi Zhou

In the “system update” of urbanization, a large number of buildings are marked as “redundant processes” waiting to be cleared. At the same time, the informal economy (street vendors, handicrafts, second-hand transactions) is like stubborn. exe files, constantly being “disinfected” but unable to be completely uninstalled. Nomad Ark. exe “is a temporary market system that parasitizes on an abandoned construction site framework, using scaffolding, containers, and membrane structures to build a detachable and transferable commercial enclave. It is both a collage of physical space and a parody of the commercial rules of the digital age.