Xianming Sang

A House For Almost Everything
Instructor | Sharon Johnston
12-2020

The project aims to create a resilient civic building that connects the present with the past. The enclosed half houses the city’s memory; the open-air half acts as an urban living room. Along the central axis, a continuous public layer ascends from the ground to the upper floors, weaving together spaces on different levels, and connects the present life with the city’s past events. A modular system defines the interior spaces. The columns and beams, together with floor and ceiling patterns and furniture, emphasize the sense of individual rooms.