PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

COMMUNITY PROJECTS SHANGHAI-

ATELIER DESHAUS GATHERED A PAVILIONS (SUBSIDIARY • ARCHITECT- ATELIER DESHAUS
BUILDING) AND COURTYARDS THAT CREATES A HUMAN-SCALED SHANGHÁI, REPÚBLICA POPULAR CHINA
OASIS FOR CHILDREN AT THE TIME OF THE MEGA
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE EXPANDING CHINESE CITY.
• SITE AREA :- 10906 M2

• AREA :- 14360.0 SQM

• PROJECT YEAR :-2012

• LOCATION:
NORTH- SOUTH SECTION THROUGH CLASSROOMS SOUTH-NORTH SECTION THROUGH CLASSROOMS
• QINGPU YOUTH CENTER IS

• LOCATED IN NEW TOWN OF EASTERN

QINGPU.

• NEED FOR THE YOUTH CENTER:- FRONT ELEVATION BACK ELEVATION

THE CENTER CAME WITH A BRIEF TO ACCOMMODATE EXTRA CURRICULAR PROGRAMMING FOR THE AREA’S GROWING
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS: NAMELY BY INCLUDING FACILITIES FOR THEATER, MUSIC, PAINTING,
CALLIGRAPHY AND NEW MEDIA
STREET LIKE
• CONCEPT:- PATHWAYS
• QINGPU YOUTH CENTRE DECOMPOSE SPACES WITH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO THEIR EXACT o Colour is introduced to the interior primarily through vivid walls that are
CHARACTERISTICS, coated in Dulux paint.
• TURNING THEM INTO RELATIVELY SMALL-SCALE UNITS AND ORGANIZES THEM ALL TOGETHER BY OUTER
SPACES, SUCH AS COURTYARDS, SQUARES, STREETS, ETC., FINALLY MAKING A AGGREGATION OF BUILDING
UNITS.
• IN THE TRADITIONAL LIVING SPACE IN SOUTH YANGTZE RIVER EXTERNAL SPACES ARE EQUAL TREATED WITH
THE INTERNAL SPACE, OR EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
• THIS PROJECT OBEYS THE TRADITION, AND THE HUMANIZING AND INTERESTING EXTERNAL SPACE
EXCELLENTLY CORRESPONDS TO CHARACTERISTICS OF TEENAGERS’ PERSONALITIES AND ACTIVITIES.
• A BUILDING CAN ALSO BE A SMALL CITY.

• FEATURES
• THE CENTRE COMPRISES A GRID OF RECTILINEAR BUILDINGS THAT ARE
CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER BY A SERIES OF BRIDGES, TERRACES
AND ENCLOSED WALKWAYS.
• THERE ARE 11 BUILT STRUCTURES AND 4 COURTYARDS.
• THE STRUCTURE IS ESSENTIALLY OPEN WITH TWO MAIN ENTRANCES FACING
SOUTH AND TWO BACK ENTRANCES FACING NORTH.
• THE VOIDS BETWEEN THE BUILDING VOLUMES ALLOW FOR EXTERIOR
GATHERING SPACES.
CORRUGATED • MUCH OF THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE YOUTH CENTER COMPLEX IS
ALUMINIUM OUTDOORS, IN GREY-PAVED ALLEYS AND OVER BRIDGES THAT RUN LIKE STREETS
SHEETS THROUGH THE SITE.
• MATERIALS
GROUND FLOOR PLAN o In the library, wood flooring adds
1. COURTYARD 2.THEATRE 3.DANCING STUDIO 4. MUSIC LAB warmth to the white double-height
5.CLASSROOMS 6.LIBRARY 7.RECEPTION 8.OFFICE AREA 9.GALLERY space. Circular windows on the
lower level look out into one of
many courtyards, and terraced
seating areas provide gathering
spaces for the children.
o The voids between the building
volumes allow for exterior
gathering spaces, like this gravel-
lined courtyard filled with planters.

1.ROOF GARDEN 2.CLASSROOM 3.OFFICE 4.MEETING ROOM 5.VOID

1.OPEN AIR THEATRE 2.TERRACE 3.DANCING STUDIO 4.MUSIC LAB 5.CLASSROOMS SECOND FLOOR PLAN
6.LIBRARY 7.MEETING ROOM 8.OFFICE 9.VOIDS

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

QUINGPU
PLANTERS YOUTH
CENTRE