naturalbuild’s shanghai culture club promotes the ‘RV lifestyle’ to the chinese public

naturalbuild has designed a multi-functional two-storey building in shanghai, which intends to promote the ‘RV lifestyle’ to the chinese public. the structure stands in the middle of a recreation vehicle campground on the north side of shanghai auto expo park. responding to the site, the building has an irregular quadrangle footprint with one façade that opens out onto the adjacent park to the south.

all images © chen hao

recognizing that recreational vehicles, or RVs, have never been particularly popular in china, the shanghai international autocity group (SIAC) decided to commission the project in order to bring attention to the possibilities of the vehicles. responding to the brief, naturalbuild sought to find a balance between inclusiveness and exclusiveness by creating a space that is half-unified and half-divided.

the multi-functional two-storey building is located in shanghai

one façade opens out onto the adjacent park to the south

the building has an irregular quadrangle footprint

the ‘culture club’ intends to promote the ‘RV lifestyle’ to the chinese public

the architects sought to find a balance between inclusiveness and exclusiveness

the space is half-unified and half-divided

the building is a steel and wood composite structure

the scheme has been conceived as a hybrid between a house and a pavilion

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project info:

name: shanghai auto expo park RV club
location: 7555 boyuan road, jiading, shanghai
client: shanghai international automobile city (group) co.,ltd
design: naturalbuild
design period: 2016.11 – 2017.10
construction period: 2017.07 – 2018.01
partners in charge: shui yanfei, su yichi, ma yuanrong
project architect: zhang wenting
project team: lv yuan, jeffrey wong
structural engineer: and office, zhang zhun
MEP engineers: chen zhe, lu pengfei, zhou chaoyi
photography: chen hao
storeys: 2
site area: 1918 sqm
building area: 426 sqm
structure: steel and wood composite structure