City Of Light Community Center

Architecture Design Award Winner.
Awarded for Good Architecture, Building and Structure Design.

City Of Light Community Center
by Kris Lin

Awarded April 15, 2020
CLIENT: EXCELLENCE GROUP
41.962

City of Light is a community center built in an old district of Shanghai, China. The building holds a gymnasium, a yoga classroom, a children's themed pavilion, a cafe, an art gallery, an elderly health center and a children's study area. The form follows the rhythm of the river in front of the site, so the facade is curved and continuous like moving water. Aluminum plates, an economical and common material, were shaped into a hyperboloid surface with the help of three-dimensional modeling. The open square in front invites residents to meet and interact.

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