BREARLEY (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
PLACE, TYPOLOGIES, PROGRAMS,
AND PUBLIC LIFE
PUKOU COMMUNITY CENTER, NANJING, CHINA
A new district on the fringe of Nanjing, formulated on the green
dream of modernist planning, and comprised mostly of large
autonomous gated housing communities has left Pukou as a
well-engineered city but one with limited opportunity for dynamic
public life. This project brings an intense moment of urbanity to the
district, maximising public space and opening opportunities for the
emergence of public life.
The site is on a large block located on a corner of two major streets.
A canal wraps around the site forming the rear site boundary. This
boundary has been transformed into a green network of public
open space.
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