Youth Community Center, a mixed youth community on the edge of Vanke Songhua Lake Resort bordering natural villages, contains 800 people with the upper space for Vanke staff, the middle rented to self-employed townspeople and the ground facilitating camping students and open to surrounding villagers.

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Architects: META-Project

Location: Jilin, China

Design Team: Wang Shuo, Zhang Jing, Cao Shibiao, Lan Tian, Wu Yaping, Zhao Yu

Area: 10000.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Chen Su, Fang Chun

Lighting Consultant: Han Xiaowei

Client: Vanke Songhua Lake Resort

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Location plan

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From the architect. Youth Community Center, a mixed youth community on the edge of Vanke Songhua Lake Resort bordering natural villages, contains 800 people with the upper space for Vanke staff, the middle rented to self-employed townspeople and the ground facilitating camping students and open to surrounding villagers.

© Chen Su, Fang Chun

Addressing the ant tribe problem, having investigated the mixed dwelling phenomena peculiar to China from hutong, tube-shaped apartment to village-in-city and comprehended the inner dynamics of youth communities, the architect proposes a new spatial paradigm restructuring interpersonal relat...