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Interactive Squares

The site is in an old district of city, where lives many elderly and children. In this area, people in the same community know each other and have a good relationship. However, those active people in this area are mostly children and elderly, adults are busy in working.

I want to design a building for the use of children and elderly, at the
same time, set some area for adults to relax and play together with other
groups of ages. I utilize a prototype originated in ancient Chinese classical garden, which open the corner of a square and make them a sequence. In this way the space can be both public and private, which suits my concept a lot.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Changsha, CN
My Role: Individual project