Yulin Alley Neighbourhood: Community Public Space Renovation

Yulin Alley is located at Yulin Sanxiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. This area was built in the 1980s and 1990s. Throughout the years, apartments that were built in different periods have been connected by paths, and the integration of old and new buildings gradually formed the present Yulin with its own temperament—with the air of a ‘marketplace’.

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This project has gone through a total of three renovation phases since the design’s launch in 2018. The first phase, completed in 2020, was initiated by the Yulin East Road Community and Disabled Persons Federation of Wuhou District and was planned, designed and operated by YIIIE. It explored the utilisation of the ‘leftover’ space in the city and established an open co-creation and operation mechanism with the community. The universally accessible space sells coffee, desserts and creative products, and frequently holds art exhibitions, themed pop-ups, workshops, bazaars and other activities.

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PROJECT DATA

Project Name
Yulin Alley Neighbourhood · Community Public Space Renovation

Location
Chengdu, China

Completion Date
2020–2022

Site Area
640 square metres

Client
Yulin East Road Community

Architecture Firm
YIIIE Architects

Lead Architect
Zhang Tang

Design Team
Runen Tang; Fan Xia

Construction
China Railway Long Engineering Group Co., Ltd.

Engineering; Landscape
Sichuan Provincial Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd.

Photos
ICY©ICYWORKS; XIAOZHI©ICYWORKS; Di Zhu; Vancy; Yulin East Road Community

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Zhang Tang

Zhang Tang is an architect based in Chengdu and Tokyo, who graduated from the University of Tokyo in 2017. In addition to architectural design, she actively engages in urban practices through interdisciplinary collaboration and has organised numerous youth art exhibitions as well as initiated community-focused art and research projects in China. While pursuing her master’s degree, Zhang founded YIIIE, an architectural design and multidisciplinary creative firm that envisions public spaces, community renewal, experimental spatial design and enriched quality of life. The firm’s projects show how in neighbourhoods, spaces like cafés can be necessary in-between places where various layers of society […]

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