Siheyuan (Mandarin for ‘quadrangle’) is a traditional courtyard compound in China. Multiple families often live in a compound made up of several courtyards, promoting a communal way of living. Jamie QianQian Wu (Jamie QQ Wu is the colloquial label she goes by) grew up in a siheyuan-style house in Shanghai before urban redevelopment replaced the picturesque, low-level housing fabric with skyscrapers and other metropolitan edifices.
Wu is an entrepreneur, TV producer, fashion stylist and social media influencer who had formerly opened an awardwinning restaurant on the Bund in Shanghai. Since 2020, she has also been an investor and marketing consultant for Altava—which pioneered a
