[CU Office - Cateen building of Yantai City College of Science and Technology  - COVER IMG] photograph: Jin Weiqi

Cateen building of Yantai City College of Science and Technology

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Educational Buildings
Firm LocationBeijing, China
CompanyCU Office
Lead ArchitectChe Fei, Zhang Xuefeng
Design TeamDesign team: Shiguang Zhao, Gaojie Mu, Yitong Jie, Xiao Sun, Haifeng Chen, Yu Chen, Yaowen Zhang,Mingrun Huang
ClientYantai City College of Science And Technology

The function of the canteen building goes beyond the basic attribute of three meals a day and becomes a campus life generator that stimulates public interaction and promotes face-to-face communication. At different times of the day, it will be fully utilized to hold open lectures, flea markets, parties, exhibitions and open-air movies,etc. In architecture language, The building presents the materiality of space by cutting and splitting parts. The volume covered by hand-plastered is cut, and the cut inner skin is covered with aluminum panels, presenting a smooth space de-materialized.