Bache Community Centre
Bache Community Centre
Bache Community Centre
Bache Community Centre
Bache Community Centre
Bache Community Centre
The Wujiang District of Suzhou, in Jiangsu Province, China, dates back to 909 A.D. To transcend its cramped locale — a maze of waterways and narrow streets — Dedang Design rose above it. Bache Community Centre is a steel-frame structure that floats atop a sunken courtyard. The interior space comprises play areas, galleries and a reading nook, all bathed in natural light and surrounded by twisty stairways that access a rooftop terrace. A gingko tree in the courtyard grows upward through a central glassed-in atrium, symbolically connecting the building’s three levels.
Team: Junfeng Wang and Zheng Gu with Wenliang Sun, Yuqiong Yang, Zhangjin Liu, Ruonan Fan and Liang Li
The Bache Community Centre floats serenely atop a sunken courtyard in the Wujiang District of Suzhou, China.
