Article source: CU Office 

Place and Site:

Dongxiang Culture Center is built in Maxiang village, Dongxiang autonomous county, Gansu province, China. On three sides (except for the south side) is the village surrounded by Tao River , a tributary of Yellow River. It is located on the Loess Plateau with an altitude of about 1,700 meters. The village is not only the settlement of Dongxiang people who are Muslims but also a village of the Han people. Due to its close proximity to the Tibetan area, there are also many Tibetan Buddhism temples in the region.  Being a small village but full of rich and diverse history and culture, Maxiang is a extremely rare place in countryside with Muslim mosques, a Taoist temple and a Tibetan Buddhism temple. Therefore, how to involve the newly-built culture center in this multi-cultural complexity of space and time is the focus for the architect.

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• Architects: CU Office 
• Project: Dongxiang Culture Center
• Location: Maxiang Village, Dongxiang autonomous county, Gansu Province, China
• Photography: Jin Weiqi
• Cost: 4M RMB
• Client: China foundation for poverty alleviation
• Design Office: CU Office
• Chef Architects: Che Fei, Zhang Xuefeng
• Design Team:  Che Fei, Zhang Xuefeng, Zhang Lu, Mu Gaojie, Liang Jinping
• Project Intern: Zhang Yaowen, Wu Nana

Image Courtesy © Jin Weiqi

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