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Design Team:Cherene Hui,Daewook LeeJennifer YipConcept – New Way of LearningIn a rapidly changing world, architecture must adapt and respond to the change in cultural and educational needs. We believe that a library is no longer a building to merely read books; it should be a place where knowledge gets attracted, created, shared, and evolved.

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© DJC design

It should not be bound by a physical form, but evolve into a new mode of existence, a new way of learning.Site – the HubIn a smart city with an extensive education network like Songdo, the library should serve as a hub where knowledge nourishes and evolves through promoting wellness, connection and interaction among different individuals.Wellness – Landscape Corridor While the current site implies conventional “fronts” facing streets, a landscape corridor that branches away from the streets is introduced to the project, creating an

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The newly completed electrical switchgear building is the first Net Zero Energy (NZE) targeted electrical substation building in the United States.  Tucked midblock on Eddy Street between Larkin and Hyde, the steel frame concrete structure is a modern addition to the existing historic 1962 substation building designed by PG&E to supply power to the northeastern part of the city. 

The constrained property and need to accommodate crane and equipment lift access prescribed the expansion’s perpendicular orientation to the existing substation.

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The utilitarian structure features street-facing façades that integrate three types of GFRP panels – sloped, perforated, and ribbed – to form a faceted surface that belies its otherwise modest materiality.  Each panel is individually crafted and unique, with ribs that cast linear shadow patterns in sunlight, creating an ever-changing surface throughout the day and year. 

Sloped panels embedded

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Project name: Multifunctional Gym & Ceramic Expert Workshop in Rural Future Community, Xikou TownCommissioner: People’s Government of Xikou Town, Longyou CountyDesign firm: y.ad studio (www.sh-yad.com) Chief architect: Yan YangDesigner: Wu KejiaArchitectural design collaborator: Shanghai Times Architecture Design Co., Ltd.Interior design development: ZONE DESIGNConstruction drawings: Hangzhou Zhongya Architectural Design Co., Ltd.Design & construction management: Zhu Zhen, Gao Chengkai, Jia YidongProject area: 1,080 square metersMain materials: red brick, glass brick, weathering steel, aluminum plate, sports flooring, paint, laminated bamboo panelDesign phase: March 2020– June 2020Construction phase: March 2021– December 2021Photos: SCHRAIN, Yan Yang01 / BackgroundThe project is the repurposing of two buildings, a one-story pitched roof warehouse in disrepair, and an abandoned two-story flat roof storehouse.

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It’s located in Huangnishan community, a residential quarter for pyrite workers which was built in 1959 and now accommodates more than 500 households and