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.
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.
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.
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.
