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Cloud cube housing for young family by formless architects, China

Cloud Cube Housing For Young Families, located in kunshan city. an industry-based city, on the outskirts of metro shanghai, chain is the ‘cloud cube housing ‘ project. The sky rises cube housing completed by formless architects. This cube housing project were created, for young working class families. who live and work locally. the structures needed to provide residence for more than 1,000 families, have an instantly recognizable identity. and be realized on an extremely tight budget.

Architecture Of Cloud Cube Housing Project

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cube housing have staggered facade with various color combinations

Cloud Cube Housing Project Passport

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Cloud cube housing project is located in kunshan city, china
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Cube Housing with large balconies extend usable space outdoors
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large balconies can function as vertical gardens in cube housing
  • Project: cloud cube housing.
  • Architects: formless architects.
  • Location: kongxiang road, rujia, kunshan city, suzhou china.
  • Architects in charge: eric jen-tsung chang, chia-yi chu.
  • Local design institute: wuxi architectural design and research institute.
  • Area: 130,000m2.
  • Years: 2009-2014
  • Photography: formless architects.

Cube Housing Architecture:

The final cube housing design utilizes, a ‘toy-brick’ design concept, to create a lively, transformable facade. house units are staggered up and across the edifices, and when combined with various colors, provide each home a distinct element of identity and character.

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Cloud Cube Housing For Young Families By Formless Architects, China
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Cube Housing with large balconies extend usable space outdoors
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different colors of cube housing create rich expressions across the facades

Four major typologies, spread across the 18 buildings of cube housing project, create a sense of place and community while managing to evade indistinguishably.

Each apartment unit of cube housing, has a double-height balcony. Doing so allows the extension of family activities to a semi-outdoor space, and enables the creation of vertical gardens.

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the sky rises cube housing of house more than 1,000 families
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master lay out plan of cloud cube housing
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formation diagram of cube housing for the basic units of each building
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multi-level balconies as vertical gardens in cube housing
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stacked units of cloud cube housing

Because of the restrictive budget, paint was the only viable facade finishing of cube housing choice. But formless believes that paint, while simple, can still generate rich, expressionistic compositions.

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