Aranya Art Center

Qinhuangdao, China, Asia Pacific

Completed · Cultural · Coastal Community Cultural Centre · Temperate · 2017

A bare concrete chapel and library complex on a beach that pioneered a community-ownership cultural model in Chinese real estate development, with residents co-governing the programme. Structurally the buildings use exposed board-formed concrete to eliminate cladding and reduce lifecycle maintenance costs.

Innovation highlights

• community co-governance cultural model embedded in real-estate development
• board-formed exposed concrete eliminating cladding and reducing lifetime maintenance
• tidal zone siting requiring marine-grade concrete mix design
• social innovation: resident-owned cultural assets within private development

Client / Developer

Aranya Cultural Tourism

Architect

Vector Architects

Engineer

BIAD

Type

Coastal Community Cultural Centre

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