Community Center
Architectural and design projects for community gathering spaces that serve cultural, recreational, educational, and social functions.
Bez+Kock Architekten Weave a Kindergarten and Music School into a Medieval German Town
A multi-generational education center in Rottenburg am Neckar pairs a new gabled building with an 1887 schoolhouse along the old city moat.
sol89 Weaves a Porous Care Center Through a Korean Park to Redefine Paju's Periphery
A 12,560 m² wellness center for elderly and disabled residents channels the Korean madang through perforated volumes in Paju, South Korea.
SHELTERED: Alternative Shelter and Urban Framework
This thesis considers all homeless shelters and resources in an urban setting as one connected system, then uses architecture to bridge the gaps in this system in order to connect federal resources, municipal responsibilities, and non-profit efforts.
PLAT ASIA Builds a Sunken Community Center Around Frame Boxes in a Beijing Residential Park
A gym, restaurant, children's center, café, and art shop orbit a sunken courtyard on Beijing's South Fourth Ring, framed by modular metal volumes.
PLAT ASIA Organizes a Beijing Community Center Around Frames, Courtyards, and Quiet Return
A 1,600 square meter gym, restaurant, and children's center in Beijing's Foresky Community trades commercial polish for domestic warmth.
EUNOIA
‘Slowing down, experiencing, and thinking’ are the parts of the methodology that is accepted and embraced while recreating the faded-green Nuestro Park, located in the hot-arid climate of Phoenix, Arizona.
Atelier Liu Yuyang Turns a Shanghai Canal Building into a Candy-Colored Community Hub
A senior cafeteria, library, dance studio, and performance space breathe new life into a waterfront block along Shang'ao Tang canal.
Miguel Montor Builds a Concrete and Timber Sports Center for One of Mexico City's Most Vulnerable Districts
El Mayab Sports and Cultural Center channels public investment into a 12,500 m² facility that doubles as neighborhood infrastructure.
THE SOCIAL RING
A Moroccan Settlement for the Elderly. The Proposed design helps elders to access the Basic, Financial and Social needs for their life in a
KARO Architects Carve a Concrete Café and Community Hub into a Korean Hillside
At the foot of Bibongsan Mountain in Anseong, interlocking concrete volumes step down a slope to house a café and neighborhood gathering place.
Perkins&Will and In*Situ Architects Carve a Desert Recreation Center from El Paso's Ancient Geology
A 100,000 square foot recreation complex in the Chihuahuan Desert channels Hueco Tanks geology into tilt-up concrete and filtered desert light.
WORKac and ESTUDIO Ignacio Urquiza Stack a Blue Concrete Community Hub on a Mexico City Corner
A slender three-story center in Lomas de Becerra wraps robotics labs, workshops, and a cyberschool around a single staircase carved in light.
Change Architects Sculpt a Terracotta Shell into the Hillside at Chaohu Natural and Cultural Center
A 1,500-square-meter cultural center in Hefei, China, emerges from the earth as a worm-eaten, planted landscape building.
Approach Architecture Studio Revives a Coal-Era Village Committee into a Rural Cultural Center
In Henan Province's shallow mountain region, idle 1980s civic buildings become a bookstore, café, gallery, and tea house for Dananpo village.
Side FX Arquitectura Wraps an Amazonian Day Center for the Elderly Around a Brick Courtyard
A 370-square-meter care facility in rural Ecuador replaces a warehouse with a U-shaped campus organized around contemplation and shade.
bureau^proberts Wraps a Brisbane Commercial Center in a Clay Screen That Inverts the Brick
A mass timber retail building in West End uses custom T-shaped clay units to reimagine the masonry heritage of a former ice cream factory precinct.
LESS ARCHITECTS Folds a Golf Clubhouse into the Mountains of Wonju as Artificial Topography
A 9,963 square meter clubhouse in South Korea's Oak Valley disappears into the hillside through layered green roofs and carved courtyards.
ilsangarchitects Builds a Village-Scaled Playground Without Rides in Jeonju
A UNICEF-backed community center in South Korea replaces swings and slides with timber pavilions, sand courts, and water channels.
all(zone) Grows a Tropical Pavilion Market from a Vacant Bangkok Lot
A 550 m² steel-framed commercial center in Khlong Toei wraps walkways, cafés, and urban farming around preserved trees.
Tabuenca & Leache Stack a Sports Court Over a Pool in San Sebastián's Altza Neighborhood
A 10,500 square meter municipal sports center uses stepped sections and 66-meter trusses to fit a massive program into a compact Basque neighborhood.
