Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center Guizhou Building, South Chinese Commercial Architecture Photos
Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center, Guizhou
2 Apr 2021
Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center in Guizhou
Design: West-line Studio
Location: Dafang County, Guizhou Province, South-West China#

photo : Jingsong Xie
Photos by Haobo Wei unless noted otherwise
Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center By West-line Studio
On a northwestern Guizhou typical plateau, placed at an altitude of above 2,000 meters in-between untouched grassland hills and mountains, stands the Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center. Completed in March 2021, the center was conceived as a landmark to pay homage to the Yi people, an ethnic minority group mainly residing in the mountainous regions and rural areas of South-West China.
photo : Jingsong Xie
The building grows from a slope with a maximum inclination of 20 degrees, surrounded by mountains all around. Commissioned by the Dafang County Tourism Development Office in order to provide the basic structure to promote tourism in the area, the center aims to become a symbolic landmark celebrating Yi culture.

West-line Studio has a long history in building cultural centers in Guizhou province influenced by local ethnic minorities; the practice?s approach has always been characterized by deep research on the peculiar cultural aspects of a particular community, which can result in rites, fabrics, patterns, construction techniques, fest...