Clawed Building

Entrant Company

Shuyan Zhang, Jiahui Qiu, Sin Chuen Cheng, Xile Zhang, Yishu Yu

Category

Architectural Design - Residential

Client's Name

Self-Initiated

Country / Region

United States

The project explores the idea of stitching together fragments of the city while maintaining their individual character. It envisions a large urban corner for veterans that integrates programs such as a hospital, theatre, and housing. The design creates a layered public realm, combining underground spaces, open green areas, and textured façades that also function as garden generators. Grass patterns define circulation and spatial separation, producing both quiet and active zones. Overall, it is a study on expanding public and private spaces vertically and horizontally within a unified urban fabric.

Credits

Harvard University

Xile Zhang

Harvard University

Jiahui Qiu

University of Pennsylvania

Shuyan Zhang

University of Pennsylvania

SinChuen Cheng

Clawed Building The project explores the idea of stitching together fragments of the city while maintaining their individual character. It envisions a large urban corner for veterans that integrates programs such as a hospital, theatre, and housing. The design creates a layered public realm, combining underground spaces, open green areas, and textured façades that also function as garden generators. Grass patterns define circulation and spatial separation, producing both quiet and active zones. Overall, it is a study on expanding public and private spaces vertically and horizontally within a unified urban fabric.

Yishu Yu