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Cusha Village Community Center, open with void

Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron/SZAD

Culture  /  Future
Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron/SZAD

Project Overview We were commissioned by the government to design a community center for Cusha village, which is changing to an overcrowded urban village with concrete block buildings from an old fishing village. Before starting the design, we spent two weeks to make a questionnaire to collect all the requirements from residents in the town. The interesting result is that most people want a fun and playful place rather than a common service center. It was the local voices inspired us to create a new space as a catalyst to restructure meaningful relationships between people. Project Brief The site is limited in a 25m x 30m square, surrounded by hostels on the west side and hills on the northeast. Instead of enclosing spaces inside the building, we adopt an "Open with Void" strategy to grow three floating public platforms, encouraging social interaction, exploration and creativity. These overlapping terraces generate a new type of vertical courtyard, which connects neighbors with customizable programs. During the day, sun gives light and shadow to the intertwined space, and at night, different floors play various nightlife like illuminated vertical stages. Project Innovation/Need The new building will become a new attractor for the locals and tourists. On the ground level, children can play with a swing or have a water fight on sands. The lower level is designed for elders and families. You can relax on the bamboo chairs to enjoy a few cups of tea, and play mahjong with friends for a whole day. Youth will love the higher level to have a party or karaoke during the night. In short, the new community center will once again bring people together to create fun times of the village in the future. Design Challenge The biggest challenge of the project is that the entire village lacks a real community center that can not only serve the aborigines but also attract tourists to stay for a coffee. Meantime, the site is very small and tight, limited in a 25m x 30m square, surrounded by hostels on the west side and hills on the northeast. Sustainability The whole building can be regarded as a semi-open canopy, the interior space is integrated with the surrounding nature. We use ecological software to simulate airflow and sunshine to determine the angle and size of each three-dimensional platform, so as to create the best natural ventilation and lighting effects. Even in the hot summer, there is no need for additional air-conditioning facilities to maintain a cool environment.

Credits

 Shenzhen
 China
 Zhuhai Da Heng Qin Co., Ltd.
 03/2023
 1210 sq. m
 Yunchao Xu
 Jiachuan Qi, Hongrui Liu, Kan Gao, Jianxuan Chen, Shengjie Zhang

Curriculum

ATELIER APEIRON was founded by Yunchao Xu in Shenzhen of China, which is a creative and adventurous team of researchers, explorers and architects across different disciplines to practice urban design, landscape design, architectural design, and interior design. We use the ancient word APEIRON as our design philosophy and methodology, which leads us to the endless thinking, research and practice towards the origin of architecture. We take each project as an adventure on social operation rules, a re-link to the nature, and a reveal to the human life. We have accomplished a series of beautiful and innovative works in many cities of China, and all of them are running well, profoundly impacting and improving everyday life on the site. We think about our role and what we leave behind. With our feet on the ground and an open view to a sustainable future.

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