"The 2025 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, one of the most prestigious honors in the field, celebrates projects that not only exhibit architectural excellence but also profoundly improve the quality of life for their communities. Among this year's winners is the West Wusutu Village Community Centre, a project in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, by Chinese architect Zhang Pengju. In an era when rural areas often face social fragmentation and a loss of identity, this community center offers a powerful counter-narrative."
"by Chinese architect Zhang Pengju. In recognizing this project, the award jury praised its ability to intervene in a sensitive yet rational manner, using design to foster inclusivity, resilience, sustainability, and overall well-being. The design achieves these goals by rejecting rigid functional zoning. Instead, a permeable circular courtyard integrates diverse community activities, organizing circulation and connecting multiple open rooms into a cohesive whole."
The 2025 Aga Khan Award for Architecture recognizes projects that combine design excellence with improvements to community quality of life. The West Wusutu Village Community Centre in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, by Zhang Pengju addresses rural social fragmentation and loss of identity through spatial design. The center rejects rigid functional zoning and instead organizes activities around a permeable circular courtyard that integrates diverse uses and structures circulation. The layout connects multiple open rooms into a cohesive whole, encouraging inclusivity, resilience, sustainability, and overall well-being. The award jury praised the project's sensitive yet rational intervention that fosters community cohesion and adaptability.
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