DATA MORPHOSIS
Design Research of Dynamic Systems | by Waishan QIU
Community Center
Studio work @ Tongji University
3rd Year, undergraduate study, 09.2010
Site: Yangpu District, Shanghai, China
A continuous and curvilinear interface was designed to deal with different surrounding contexts such as a natural park, the residential towers, and the traffics and noise from the main road. The curve inherently generated several gardens or street courtyards as a transition from the street, the nature to the community center. Facades are made from transparent and translucent materials,
![Southwest Axon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/822c85_3ba8ae2974d1430d8df569111b479475~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/822c85_3ba8ae2974d1430d8df569111b479475~mv2.png)
The design intentionally leave corridor space in-between building massing for short-cut to the park
![Southeast Axon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/822c85_55d53309acf542e8b7a8b8008358350a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_523,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/822c85_55d53309acf542e8b7a8b8008358350a~mv2.png)
The curved interface generates several community garden and plaza space facing to the park
![Northeast Axon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/822c85_c90a6175a7da42daaed0f12f4e69cef8~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/822c85_c90a6175a7da42daaed0f12f4e69cef8~mv2.png)
Part of the rooftop space provides natural terrace facing the park
![Southwest Axon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/822c85_3ba8ae2974d1430d8df569111b479475~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/822c85_3ba8ae2974d1430d8df569111b479475~mv2.png)
The design intentionally leave corridor space in-between building massing for short-cut to the park
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/822c85_f322ef39709644f293b8cffbce3804dc~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/822c85_f322ef39709644f293b8cffbce3804dc~mv2.png)
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