Dreamland Club is a 2,700 m² residential-community clubhouse beside Sanxi Village in Zhongshan, Guangdong. Project publications use the names Local from Yesterday – Dreamland, Club of Dreamland and Times·Dreamland Yunlai. They identify Times China as client, DOMANI as designer and December 2019 as the completion date.
The project is notable for a continuous beige, linear fired-clay treatment across exterior and interior walls, soffits and selected floor-like surfaces. This page preserves the seven original photographs while separating verified design credits from LOPO’s dated product-development and quantity statements.
- Published project names
- Local from Yesterday – Dreamland / Club of Dreamland
- Location
- East of Sanxi Village, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
- Client / developer
- Times China
- Project area
- 2,700 m²; not a terracotta quantity
- Completion
- December 2019; the article was published in August 2020
- Design
- Ann Yu / DOMANI; Rex Liu and Sue Wang listed on the design team
- Construction credit
- Guangzhou Qiaofeng Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Photography credit
- Vincent Wu in the project publications
- LOPO archive quantity
- 3,000 m² terracotta baguettes; historical company-reported field
A clubhouse designed across architecture, landscape and interior
The published project record identifies DOMANI as architect, Ann Yu as architect in charge, Rex Liu and Sue Wang as design team members, Times China as client, Qiaofeng Decoration as construction team and Vincent Wu as photographer. An architect-authorized project account records the same 2,700 m² area and December 2019 completion, and describes the commission as an integrated architecture, landscape and interior design.
The clubhouse sits within the Dreamland residential development east of Sanxi Village. The design narrative draws on the village’s earth-toned material memory without copying a historic building. Two low rectangular volumes, planted courts, water, stairs and sheltered passages create a route between open and enclosed spaces.
What the dated terracotta record actually says
A LOPO company article dated 12 August 2020 calls the material a combination of beige terracotta baguettes and panels. It reports that the designers worked with LOPO for nearly a year on the intended mottled colour and “soil” texture, with more than 100 adjustments across extrusion, drying, firing and surface processing. These are historical supplier statements, not current development time, sample approval or production tolerances.
Formats
The LOPO archive reports 20 visible heights and nearly 100 lengths. It supplies no item number, exact height or length schedule, cross-section, thickness, joint width, corner piece, batch code or piece count.
Orientation and support
The supplier article says the pieces were arranged horizontally with a T-profile structural hanging system. No installation angle, rail spacing, fixing size, load, substrate or approved detail is provided.
Quantity
A separate LOPO project page reports 3,000 m² of terracotta baguettes. The figure is company-reported and its measurement rules, division between panels and strips, wastage and as-built reconciliation are not stated.
The architect-supplied narrative also mentions two historical construction approaches, translated as trough dry hanging and a perforated metal-keel/semi-masonry method. That wording is too ambiguous to function as an installation specification. It does not override engineered drawings, tested assemblies, project approvals or the construction team’s as-built records.
Read the photographs as design evidence, not approval data
The images show how a narrow, horizontally layered module visually connects facade, soffit, interior and poolside space. Varied beige tones and projecting edges produce changing shadow lines during the day. They do not reveal concealed anchors, reinforcement, substrate, waterproofing, movement joints, drainage, slip resistance, fire stopping or the boundary between terracotta panels, baguettes and other finishes.
The old post’s weather-resistance, water-permeability and long-term colour-change statements are not carried forward as performance claims. No test method, threshold, exposure classification, complete assembly or maintenance record accompanied them. Likewise, the images cannot establish suitability for floors, roofs or wet areas on another project.
Inputs for a current linear-terracotta design
This 2019 project is a visual and historical reference, not a current product schedule. For a new facade, soffit or interior application, translate the intended rhythm into measurable and approvable information.
- current product family, item codes, cross-sections, exact lengths and heights, thicknesses, colours and representative range samples;
- orientation and angle schedule, coursing, corner/end pieces, joints and tolerance strategy;
- substrate, support rails, anchors, movement, drainage, waterproofing and interface responsibilities;
- the use condition for every wall, soffit, ceiling, deck-like or wet-area zone and the evidence required by the project; and
- quantity basis, spare pieces, traceability, packaging, delivery sequence, replacement access and maintenance plan.
Start with the current Terracotta Baguette page, then compare other completed work in the Project Gallery. Request current samples, drawings and system evidence for the exact application rather than reusing the archive wording as a universal detail.
Discuss a custom linear terracotta brief
Share the project location, elevations, target rhythm and finish, module/angle schedule, wall and support concept, interfaces, evidence requirements, quantity and programme for a project-specific review.