Tianhe Youth Commune in Guangzhou, China by O-office Architects

Article source: O-office Architects 

Located in Tianhe District of Guangzhou City, the Shadong village, where sits the buildings of this project, was erected in December 1995. The local economic corporation in the late 90s constructed on the commune’s fringe land a 4-storey warehouse leased to the Guangzhou Book Center for their new book storage. Eight years ago, the company constructed a new five-story warehouse building on the northern side of the previous one. The status quo of the site is now one new and one old vacant multi-story warehouse building. The compound’s accessibility from the city is poor, but they own the beautiful scenic view of Baiyun Mountain.

Starting point of the Continuous climbing walkway, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

• Architects: O-office Architects
• Project: Tianhe Youth Commune
• Location: Shadong Commune, Tianhe, Guangzhou
• Photography: Chaos Z., Xia Zhi
  
• Client: Vanke Guangzhou
• Principal Architects: He Jianxiang & Jiang Ying
• Project Architect: Dong Jingyu
• Design Team: Huang Chengqiang, Chen Xiaolin, Wang Yue, Zhang Wanyi, Peng Weisen, Zhang Tao, Lin Licong, Fan Zhen, Deng Mincong
• Structural Consultant: Luo Qiyao
• VI Design: Another Design
• Size: 21000m²
• Period: 2016–2017

Apartment entrance, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

In consideration of these two multi-storey warehouses, without long history or any spatial distinctives, the architect experiments a bold spatial operation of transplantation of mountain-scape”, within the 8.5-meter-wide “canyon” between the long sides of the two buildings, to reshape the post-industrial site. The reconversion creates a new state of combination of urban and rural, and this new “urban-rural integration” will serve as an incubator and living home of the new urban young talents. 7 solid landscape segments transplanted from Baiyun Mountain link the two buildings into a new community with a total gross floor area of 23,000 square meters and accommodating about 800 young people to work and live in the commune. By the intervention of the floating landscaping bridges, a continuous climbing walkway links and runs through from the entrance of the compound to the roof-top garden and recreation facilities, offering a real experience of outdoor climbing within the new youth commune.

Green Canyon created out of the abandoned site, Image Courtesy © Chaos-Z.

Floating landscaping bridges, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Continuous climbing walkway links and runs to the roof-top garden, Image Courtesy © Chaos-Z.

Continuous climbing walkway links and runs to the roof-top garden, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Landscaping bridges as outdoor terraces and viewing decks, Image Courtesy © Chaos-Z.

Green Canyon created out of the abandoned site, Image Courtesy © Chaos-Z.

Landscaping bridges suturing between the former warehouses, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Roof garden, Image Courtesy © Chaos-Z.

Walkway inside the old building, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Continuous climbing walkway links and runs to the roof-top garden, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Roof basketball field, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Roof reception hall, Image Courtesy © Chaos-Z.

Gymnasium on the roof-top, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Bridge connects the public spaces on the two roof, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Roof garden, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

From hallway to floating landscaping bridges, Image Courtesy © Chaos-Z.

Staircase at the entrance plaza, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Outdoor staircase and floating bridge, Image Courtesy © Xia-Zhi

Image Courtesy © O-office Architects

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Tags: China, Guangzhou

Categories: Building, Community Centre, Garden, Playground, Reception, Warehouse, Youth Centre

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