Sanya Yazhou District Library、Culture Center and Gymnasium

The project site is located on the north side of the Yazhou District Government, which is dominated by a small and dense texture and lacks quality, open and shared architectural spaces on an urban scale;

We have stowed the small-scale cultural settlement under a flaring canopy, and the huge smooth volume is an unmissable presence, becoming the most iconic landscape of Yazhou District.

Cultural: extracting the texture from Yazhou's traditional villages to create a cultural settlement that meets Yazhou's cultural characteristics and is open and people-friendly.

Geographical: Focus on the local tropical maritime monsoon climate with strong sunlight and high temperatures and rainfall.

Public: The project combines a variety of functional venues such as cultural, commercial, sports and open courtyards to provide a place for cultural exchange for the public.

Design highlights:

Layers and layers of building layout to form a cultural settlement.

Create a multi-level, multi-dimensional, three-dimensional composite community environment and release the urban vitality of the neighborhood;

The large floating roof provides shade for the public space below and also creates a rooftop recreational park that links the library, cultural center, and gymnasium;

The height of the building is staggered to form a "V" valley, where air penetrates into every crack, and the large curved roof directs the flow of hot air to the outdoors, creating a cool space under the eaves.

Cultural Settlements Beneath the Clouds

The green landscaped roof extends outward like a giant cloud, while providing a shaded public space for people to enjoy. Citizens can roam from the ground to the roof through the cascading architectural platforms, experiencing the three-dimensional community and enjoying the fun space in the form of a garden.

The iconic shade canopy combines with the composite cultural triad to realize the sublimation from cultural venue to cultural Settlements.