Article source: MAT Office architecture and design

“Big Family” Community Center is located in Dajiaoting Community, Chaoyang District, Beijing. It was a vacant underground space before the upgrade. The government hopes to create a public space for the residents’ communication through the transformation.

The site area is about 300 square meters, and the underground original concrete wall could hardly be removed, so the original residential-like space has to be maintained. There are also various usage demands from the elderly, children, owners committee, community organization and other people. Different from the previous design experience, this project brief starts from the meetings organized by the neighborhood committee, the owners of the residents, the resident representatives and architect.

Image Courtesy © Kangshuo Tang

• Architects: MAT Office architecture and design
• Project: Dajiaoting “Big Family” Community Center
• Location: Dajiaoting Community, Chaoyang District, Beijing
• Photography: Kangshuo Tang
  
• Client: Jingsong Street Office, Chaoyang District, Beijing
• Design Team: Kangshuo Tang, Miao Zhang, Siyao Huang, Xuan Cao, Ting Gong, Kaidong Jiang
• Built Area: 300 m2
• Competion: 2016.07

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