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Micr-O, Tai Yang Valley, Lin’an, Hangzhou, China
post updated 24 March 2024
Design: Superimpose Architecture
Location: Tai Yang Valley, Lin’an, Hangzhou, China
MICR-O, Tai Yang Valley, Lin’an, Hangzhou, China , China
photo : Superimpose Architecture
8 May 2021
Micr-O in the Tai Yang Valley, Lin’an
Inside the rural Tai Yang Valley, West of Hangzhou, the Sun Commune is a local initiative raising awareness of sustainable farming and promoting healthy living and outdoor activities for the increasing urbanization of China.
photo : Superimpose Architecture
Within the sun commune, Superimpose Architecture Studio designed MICR-O to be a learning platform for city dwellers.
The valley, with bamboo and rice fields, is home to one hundred local farming families. Sun Commune initiates a bottom up strategy to sustain farmers while promoting organic food production. It further extends as an education platform for children from the city. Throughout the year, kids from Hangzhou and Shanghai will camp and learn about nature at MICR-O and allow them to be part of a rural micro-community.
photo : Superimpose Architecture
The central outdoor patio creates an enclosed platform to host learning activities and events. The white canvas ‘ring’ houses camping accommodation subdivided into segments by the three entrance points.
The external corridor blends with the surrounding bamboo forest and offers an alternative circulation route while activities are happening in the central patio. The structure is elevated, keeping the ground nearly untouched. The structural A frame, a ninety-degree angled triangle, gives the design an externally pure shape, while internally the patio opens towards the sky and surroundings.
The construction is an example of time-and-cost-effective design. The simplicity of repetitive structural ‘A’ frame creates a bold gesture in the valley. Locally reclaimed pinewood is used as the main structure and floor decking.
On site workshops and physical models by the architects were used as communication tools to teach the local villagers how to realize the design. The architects are still involved by organizing architectural workshops for villagers and visiting kids and will keep supporting the Sun Commune.
photo : Superimpose Architecture
Micr-O, Tai Yang Valley, Lin’an, Hangzhou, China – Building Information
Project Name: Micr-O
Project Team:
Client: Sun Commune (www.suncommune.com)
Design: Superimpose Architecture (www.superimpose.nl) – Carolyn Leung, Ben de Lange, Ruben Bergambagt
Site: Tai Yang Valley, Sun Commune, Lin’an, Hangzhou, China
Site Area: 2,800 sqm
GFA: 243 sqm
PHOTOGRAPHS CREDITS: Marc Goodwin (@archmospheres) and Superimpose
Micr-O, Tai Yang Valley, Lin’an, Hangzhou images / information received 070521 from Superimpose Architecture
Location: Tai Yang Valley, Lin’an, Hangzhou, China
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