Due to limited supply, high demand, and an entire generation of first-time homeowners, new housing developments in China’sMegacities lack the innovation, ambition, and quality expected of the contemporary office building. The ambition for XLW9 will be to develop a new typology for housing in China. Inspired by Northern European metrics for living spaces and mobility, coupled with a strong understanding of traditional Chinese housing and urban planning, XLW9 offers a standard of living unique and specific to China and Tianjin.