Patch-City Pavilion is a project of cultural renaissance for old buildings. The client wants to transform it into a cultural site, centering around an adaptable physical space. Flexible and efficient to adapt diffent needs. It can be a temporary venue for local residents to carry out diverse activities or used as a platform for diverse cultural exchange.

Innovation
In the process of China's urbanization, too many old buildings have been demolished and rebuilt without thorough consideration. Many old places we once lived in take on a brand-new look, with modern styles, however it has lost the dynamic connection between people. Therefore, instead of imposing violent intrusion to the orginal site, Patch-City pavilion intervention extends the life of the original venue and forms a new harmonious relationship.

Creativity
Urban development seems to be a process of constant patching and improving. Based on this historical feature, the concept of Patch-City project is proposed. This artifact keeps extending with a process of evolution for old buildings. While looking like an incomplete building, it has all basic components of a building. It can be described as walls, pillars or windows, the black and white tiles ground are from the former venue, its creates dialogues with the surroundings buildings. Modular structure allowing for flexible modification and adaptaion to satisfy different form and requirement. Eventually after it has reached its commercial life span, its can be gradually demolished and recycled into furniture.

Functionality
Patch-City hold various arts and cultural activities such street market, music festivals, talk shows and product launch etc. Patch-Cafe is a complement to the commercial space of the building. A space that acts like a theater, it integrates the cafe space, retail space and property sale office, at the same time it also allows flexible arrangements for various cultural activities. For instance, mortise-tenon structure chairs may be easily placed around the central island of the cafe for any shows. Viewed from a series of small windows outside, it is like a lively drama on a stage. The venues created by these flexible modualrs functions as a theater for showcase of events and emotions, where various stories unfold.

Sustainability
Patch-City Pavilion is composed of 98 preformed modules. Recycled PVC expansion sheet are used as the main material, its light weight enables installation without heavy machine and minimizes the use of steel structures at the same time, it is highly weathering resistant suitable for long-term outdoor use. It can be assembled with a light hoist in 12 hours. Version 2 modules of the Patch-City series were used for a second construction experiment Patch-Cafe at an empty hall of a mall in Guangzhou. The construction of Patch-Cafe requires only few workers to simply pile the boxes together with nuts and bolts, which dramatically reduces the construction costs and time.