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Three Courtyard Community Centre

Three Courtyard Community Centre
© Iwan Baan

THREE COURTYARD
Community Centre

AZL Architects

ARCHITECTS
AZL Architects: AZL architects - Zhang Lei

PHOTOGRAPHS
Iwan Baan

AREA
1900.0 m2

CATEGORY
Community Center

PROJECT YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

Text description provided by architect.

On the eastern edge of Yangzhou's new development area and east of the 2500-year-old Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Three Courtyard Community Centre stands out from the surrounding newly completed call centres, glass office blocks, and farmers' villages.

Three Courtyard Community Centre
© Iwan Baan
Three Courtyard Community Centre
© Iwan Baan

The Community centre's programme calls for recreation, dining, and meeting spaces for the surrounding residents and employees. 

The three courtyard blocks each feature a different element of a traditional Chinese garden: bamboo, stones, and water. Around each themed courtyard, brick-clad units congregate to form a village atmosphere.

Three Courtyard Community Centre
© Iwan Baan
Three Courtyard Community Centre
© Iwan Baan

The architect's interests in vernacular public structures evolved into the typology of this project.

Continuous roof profiles in local villages and red clay bricks made from the local riverbed undeniably anchor the project the site.

Three Courtyard Community Centre
© Iwan Baan
Three Courtyard Community Centre
© Iwan Baan

The terracotta bricks are used both in structure and in façade, with patterns stemming from and building upon local building culture.

Three Courtyard Community Centre
© Iwan Baan
Three Courtyard Community Centre
© Iwan Baan


Three Courtyard Community Centre
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Three Courtyard Community Centre
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Three Courtyard Community Centre
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Three Courtyard Community Centre
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Three Courtyard Community Centre
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Three Courtyard Community Centre
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