Community Building and Placemaking Report
UNStudio Community Building and Placemaking Report – prior to COVID-19 pandemic, creation of communities related mainly to workplace and shared (living) economy
Iona Village Hall, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Iona Village Hall is the result of a decade of hard work by the people of Iona, Scotland, together with WT Architecture and the design team to realise a building that will keep a village hall at the heart of community life on the island
The Sergeant, Sønderborg, Denmark
Designed by ZENI arkitekter a/s, The Sergeant, is a former army garage and drill hall has been revitalized as a modern concert- and event space, with state-of-the-art kitchen facilities on Als, Denmark
Ballard Food Bank, Seattle Building
Ballard Food Bank, Seattle building design by Graham Baba Architects structured around two basic ideas: create an inclusive, humane, and dignified place + efficiently and safely maximize ability to reach as many people in need as possible
Kigali Green City Project, Rwanda, Africa
Kigali Green City Project in Rwanda, by East Africa planning, design, architecture and engineering practice FBW Group, to feature renewable energy, rainwater harvesting, wastewater management, recycling and reuse of water and sustainable transport solutions
Esperanza Health Center Chicago
Designed by architects JGMA Esperanza Health Center is a community health system whose mission is to promote healthy lifestyles and improve health status through the provision of high-quality care and wellness services in Chicago
One Green Mile, Mumbai India
MVRDV completes One Green Mile, inserting a community space beneath a flyover in a series of neglected spaces below Mumbai’s Senapati Bapat Marg flyover in India
Glenroy Community Hub, Victoria Australia
Designed by DesignInc Glenroy Community Hub’s centrepiece is a new contemporary library building. Framing the Hub in Australia, as a ‘social connector’ was a key strategy to build community resilience while bringing together diverse groups
The Center at Belvedere, Charlottesville
Social interaction impacts health later in life more than even some genetic factors. The Center at Belvedere, Virginia, USA, a community center building for seniors, forms welcoming environment
Kindergarten & Community Center Tammiste
Kindergarten and Community Center in Tammiste, Estonia, building design by RMJM Milano Architects: green roof reduces ambient temperatures, regulates indoor temperature and purifies the air
Shanfeng Academy Suzhou Building by OPEN
Shanfeng Academy Suzhou building design by OPEN, Jiangsu Province, China: campus-centre for a new K-12 international school and will also act as a cultural hub for the local community
Garfield Center San Francisco Building
Midcentury natatorium renovation and new clubhouse with connecting entry lobby by TEF Design: responds to recreational and educational needs in Mission district, San Francisco, USA
631 Springvale Road, Mulgrave Building
Work and everyday life are blurring. Gray Puksand’s design for 631 Springvale Road building in Victoria, Australia, is a response to this, putting the human experience front and centre
Covenant House New York, 460 West 41 Street
Covenant House New York City, 460 West 41 Street, NY building design by FXCollaborative. How do you create a home for the homeless? Youth on the streets now have a safe place
Callignee Community Hub, Victoria Australia
DS Architects’ Callignee Community Hub, Victoria Australia, looks as immaculate as it did when completed. It creates a point where everyone can gather and share in new ways the old hall could not
Family Welcome Centre Havering
New Family Welcome Centre building design by Hawkins\Brown – planning application by Havering Council for high-quality emergency accommodation to homeless families in this London borough
Jijiadun Village Conference Center, Kunshan
y.ad studio designed Jijiadun Village Conference Center project is a countryside conference center where architecture and nature, indoors and outdoors, light and space are interwoven in China
Focus on sustainability grows in East Africa
Focus on sustainability grows in East Africa on building design and construction is set to sharpen over next 12 months, according to leading architecture and engineering practice FBW group
