MAT_成都温江榜样乡创社区
北京
An aerial site view of a community center featuring jagged gravel-topped roofs and timber facades embedded within a dense rural landscape, offering a precedent for site-responsive rural architecture.
- What we like about this project
- The zig-zag roof geometry breaks down the bulk of the building, allowing pocket courtyards and terraces to open out toward the trees.
Materials
- gravel
- timber
- glass
- steel
- plaster
Visual identifiers
- gravel-roof
- zig-zag-geometry
- timber-cladding
- elevated-terrace
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- vernacular
Visual tags
- rural-architecture
- contextual
- green-roof
- pavilion
- low-rise
- Geometry
- Fragmented low-rise massing featuring zig-zagging building footprints and angular gravel roof planes stepping down to integrate with landscape.
- Facade system
- Combination of timber cladding, white plaster walls, and expansive glazed openings with steel-framed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Steel or reinforced concrete framing with infill timber and glass walls.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story scale, intimate and harmonious with the surrounding tree canopy and local vernacular.
- Lighting
- Soft morning or late afternoon golden haze filtering through surrounding trees, casting gentle highlights on the roof surfaces and facades.
- Atmosphere
- Peaceful, hazy, and deeply integrated into the surrounding natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by dense bamboo groves and lush rural greenery with light fog in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The building reads as a complex pavilion embedded in nature, offering elevated terraces and interconnected interior volumes visible through glazed openings.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating angled roof sections create a dynamic sawtooth rhythm across the compound.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural vernacular architecture
- Program
- Rural community center or creative innovation hub
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- gravel, timber, glass, steel, plaster
- Visual identifiers
- gravel-roof, zig-zag-geometry, timber-cladding, elevated-terrace
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, vernacular
- Visual tags
- rural-architecture, contextual, green-roof, pavilion, low-rise
- Geometry
- Fragmented low-rise massing featuring zig-zagging building footprints and angular gravel roof planes stepping down to integrate with landscape.
- Facade system
- Combination of timber cladding, white plaster walls, and expansive glazed openings with steel-framed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Steel or reinforced concrete framing with infill timber and glass walls.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story scale, intimate and harmonious with the surrounding tree canopy and local vernacular.
- Lighting
- Soft morning or late afternoon golden haze filtering through surrounding trees, casting gentle highlights on the roof surfaces and facades.
- Atmosphere
- Peaceful, hazy, and deeply integrated into the surrounding natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by dense bamboo groves and lush rural greenery with light fog in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The building reads as a complex pavilion embedded in nature, offering elevated terraces and interconnected interior volumes visible through glazed openings.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating angled roof sections create a dynamic sawtooth rhythm across the compound.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural vernacular architecture
- Program
- Rural community center or creative innovation hub
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture