The Luanda Waterpoints project improved and adapted three water access points on the outskirts of the city. The project aims to show how small-scale interventions and low-cost solutions can have an impact on the quality of life of disadvantaged populations. The interventions favour local labour and encourage the reuse of materials. With this in min...
Project name
Chafarizes em Luanda (Luanda Waterpoints)
Architecture firm
Paulo Moreira Architectures
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Paulo Moreira
Collaborators
Development Workshop - Angola (Allan Cain, Adão Adriano, Leonardo Lumbongo, Otinebo António, Faustina Silva)
Located on the outskirts of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, the new Los Mangos Community Centre responds to the need for a neighborhood center to improve the quality of life in an urban area lacking in facilities and public spaces.
Project name
Los Mangos Community Center
Architecture firm
Entorno & Contexto
Location
Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Andrés Cedillo / ESPACIOS
Principal architect
Alejandro Polo Lamadrid
Design team
Édgar Marmolejo, Hesner Sánchez, Ramiro Guzmán, Alejandra Guzmán
Collaborators
Zenon Instalaciones
Built area
Covered area: 850 m² / Outdoor area: 4,480 m² / Green areas: 1,760 m²
Structural engineer
Miyamoto México
Tools used
AutoCAD, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Construction
Linos Construcciones
Typology
Cultural › Community Center
PILARES is an initiative for the creation of community spaces driven by the government of Mexico City. The main objective is to provide free educational and cultural infrastructure to marginalized areas, aiming to restore the social and urban fabric at a neighborhood level.
Project name
Pilares Quetzalcóatl
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Sandra Pereznieto
Principal architect
Saidee Springall, José Castillo
Collaborators
Iván Cervantes, Facundo Savid, Gerardo Hernández, Valerio López
Structural engineer
Oscar Trejo
Environmental & MEP
Gilberto Jocirin
Landscape
Janisse Cruz, Anahí Toriz
Typology
Community Center
In the pursuit of sustainable development in pastoral areas, people are actively seeking solutions from multiple dimensions. The integration of climate, resources, housing, production, and culture in pastoral areas has created its unique attributes.
Project name
Zhengxiangbaiqi Grassland Community Center
Architecture firm
Ger Atelier, Inner Mongolian Grand Architecture Design CO.,LTD.
Location
Zhengxiangbaiqi, Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia, China
Principal architect
Zalagenbaier, Huhehada, Zhang Pengju
Design team
Daimurigen, Qu Wenyong, Mengkezhula, Liu Handong(internship), Xie Haodong(internship), Zhao Zhen(internship)
Collaborators
Developing Party: Zhengxiangbaiqi Weilisi Industrial Service Co., Ltd
Completion year
August 2023
Material
prefabricated assembly
Typology
Cultural › Community Center
SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS present the Nokha Village Community Centre, located in the desert region of Nokha in Rajasthan, India. The sweeping curvilinear volume rises up from the northeastern corner, looping around the site and rising up on the northwest corner to create a north facing open courtyard.
Project name
Nokha Village Community Centre
Architecture firm
Sanjay Puri Architects
Location
Mulwas , Silwa, Nokha, Bikaner, 334803, Rajasthan, India
Photography
Vinay Panjwani
Principal architect
Sanjay Puri
Design team
Omkar Rane, Madhavi Belsare, Arjun Gupta
Interior design
Sanjay Puri Architects
Completion year
February 2024
Structural engineer
Vijaytech Consultants Pvt. Ltd
Landscape
Sanjay Puri Architects
Construction
Jagram Suthar
Typology
Cultural › Community Center
Located in the Wild Island Community of Huizhou, gogoland is a pet-friendly public social space brimming with a sense of history brought by the architecture and an inviting vibe. Its unique location in the neighborhood has played a crucial role in establishing the brand.
Architecture firm
Informal Design
Location
Wild Island Community, No. 39 Huangjiatang Street, Huicheng District, Huizhou, China
Photography
Chao Zhang, Rocky
Design team
Sheng Wang, Shubin Lin, Jie Wang, Zilong Chen
Collaborators
Graphic design: Jing Zheng, Yanhong Liu, Jing Fu; Brand planning: Sumi Huang, Wenqi Huang
Design year
July - August 2023
Completion year
October 2023
Construction
Shenzhen Jushen Construction Co., Ltd.
Typology
Community Center › Pet-friendly social space
The Social Center and the Community Development Center (CDC), including an Ecological Park, are part of the Urban Improvement Program of the Ministry of Agricultural, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU) of the Government of Mexico. This public project aims to improve living conditions in communities with limited resources and in neighborhood...
Project name
Social Center ‘Casino’, Community Development Center (CDC) and Ecological Park
Location
Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico
Principal architect
Matías Martínez
Design team
Daniela Hernández Hernández, Paola Alavez Navarrete, Sergio Carbajal Valladolid, Víctor Hugo Casasola Olvera, Juan Carlos Cervantes Pérez, Carlos Cortés López, Alondra Garduño Luna, Abel Mondragón Rivero, Circe Orozco Hernández, Luisa Pérez Hernández, Mariana Ramírez Hernández, Verónica Ramos Díaz, Jesús Uriel Razo Jiménez, Francisco Valencia Ibáñez
Collaborators
Installations: Francisco Martínez Valdez, Constructora Gurría y Asociados
Built area
4,513 m² (0.45 ha)
Site area
20,039.32 m² (2 ha)
Structural engineer
Alejandro Flores Álvarez, Héctor Chávez
Tools used
AutoCAD, Photoshop
Construction
Grupo Constructor Lanrol SA de CV, Constructora Gurría y Asociados SA de CV
Material
Steel, clay tile, glass, brick
Client
Ministry of Agricultural, Territorial, and Urban Development (SEDATU)
Typology
Educational Architecture › Community Center
Shanghai-based y.ad studio has engaged in the construction of the Rural Future Community of Xikou, a renewal project that transforms a residential quarter for pyrite workers built over 60 years ago into a vibrant rural future community with a distinct local identity of Xikou Town.
Project name
Future Community Center, Xikou
Architecture firm
y.ad studio
Location
Huangnishan Community, Xikou Town, Longyou County, Quzhou City, China
Principal architect
Yan Yang
Design team
Wu Kejia, Gao Chengkai
Collaborators
Architectural design collaborator: Shanghai Times Architecture Design Co., Ltd. Development organization: People's Government of Xikou Town, Longyou County
Design year
March 2020 - June 2020
Completion year
July 2023
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Community Center
