Youth activity centre · Hunnan, Shenyang
Brown-red terracotta follows a faceted public-building composition
Two archive renderings and three photographs record a group of angular volumes in which terracotta fields and vertical elements alternate with glazed openings. This case study preserves the visual and historical product record while separating it from unverified completion, team and performance claims.
- Project identity
- Shenyang Youth Activity Center / 沈阳市青少年活动中心
- Location record
- National University Science and Technology Park, Hunnan New District, Shenyang, China
- Verified date
- Supplier archive published May 2018; completion not established
- Historical site area
- 42,757.97 m²
- Historical floor area
- 57,495.50 m² total; 50,046.33 m² above ground and 7,449.17 m² below ground
- Historical scale
- 12 blocks; three to six storeys above ground plus basement
- Design / build team
- Architect, facade consultant, contractor and installer not supplied
- Facade record
- Brown-red terracotta and glass; SKU, standard size, facade area and quantity not supplied
Project identity and design record
The 2018 supplier release archived by Archinect places the project between Zhihui 4th Street, Zhihui 3rd Street, the Shenfu Canal and Mozishan Road in what it calls Dongling District (Hunnan New District). It records a 12-block programme including theatre and multimedia, youth and public services, cultural and scientific experience, activities, teaching, kindergarten and youth-organisation services.
That release describes a design concept derived from jade stones and a plan assembled from differently sized hexagonal forms. The images support a faceted composition, repeated pitched profiles and a brown-red facade set against glass. The metaphor is retained as a dated design narrative, not attributed to an unnamed architect. The original “largest” and “most complete” claims are removed because no ranking method or comparative evidence was supplied.
Cluster and routes
The aerial rendering shows a group of low, irregular volumes arranged around open pedestrian spaces. It is a design image, not proof of the final site plan or landscape delivery.
Terracotta and glass
The photographs show brown-red ceramic fields and projecting vertical elements separated by tall glazed bands. They establish appearance, not the wall build-up behind the visible layer.
Faceted roof line
Inclined edges and changing wall planes carry the facade rhythm through corners and valleys. Any current adaptation requires project-specific modules and interface drawings.
Five-image project record
All original body images remain in source order and at their full stored proportions. The existing featured attachment is also retained as the final body image; the post-scoped layout suppresses the theme’s duplicate thumbnail so it is not shown as a cropped copy.
Dated fabrication record, not a current product schedule
The 2018 supplier release says irregular facade polygons required custom cutting and describes more than 300 terracotta size or shape variants, with the smallest identified as an equilateral triangle with a 10 cm side. It also attributes factory cutting, classification and packaging to LOPO. These are historical supplier statements for this project—not current catalogue SKUs, stock availability, a universal detail or evidence of design and installation responsibility.
Recover the approved schedule
For replacement or reference work, obtain approved samples, fabrication schedules, shop drawings, panel-location codes and as-built elevations. The “more than 300” figure describes archived variants, not the number of pieces or available products.
Map non-standard geometry
Coordinate module changes, inclined edges, polygonal cuts, corners, glazed interfaces and replacement access. Do not scale the 10 cm historical detail or any joint from these photographs.
Verify the complete assembly
Responsible designers and engineers must confirm substrate, supports, anchors, loads, movement, water management, cavity and fire interfaces, tolerances, inspection and local-code evidence for the actual project.
Case-study limits
- Do not use the May 2018 publication date as design, construction, completion, opening or handover year.
- Do not convert gross site or floor areas into terracotta facade area or product quantity.
- Do not assign the architect, consultant, contractor, installer or LOPO’s contractual scope without project records.
- Do not treat the archived custom shapes as current SKUs or assume that a visually similar replacement will match colour, surface, geometry or fixing.
- Do not use images of a public building as proof of structural, fire, water, thermal, acoustic, environmental, durability or maintenance performance.
Prepare a current faceted-facade brief
Send elevations, module and cut-shape schedules, interface details, approved colour references, system requirements, evidence criteria, quantities, programme, packaging logic and delivery destination.