Location: Suzhou, China.

Architect: Lacime.

The Vanke Big Family housing community center in Suzhou, China, was designed to achieve cultural identity and attribute positioning in the city. The project uses a symmetrical and square axis layout with multiple courtyards on the axis, translating the diverse spatial sequences of Chinese traditional gardens into it. The design innovates a poetic contemporary oriental life in the space, and encourages the dialogue between man and architecture and the surrounding nature. The materials used include modern construction materials such as ultra-white glass, aluminum plate, and white linen stone, creating a facade effect that is light, ritualistic, full of modernity, yet without losing the traditional charm. The project is located in Suzhou, a paradise city with deep historical and cultural foundation, and the integration and interaction of “architecture, people, and water” was fully considered and responded to. The project aims to realize the reshaping of the traditional order and achieve a collective identity through contemporary construction methods.