Red concrete walls enclose The Walls teaching restaurant for children in China
Kids that attend The Walls teaching restaurant in Xiamutang, China, are invited to take part in cooking courses where they pick, prepare and eat produce from nearby fields.
Built by The Scarcity and Creativity Studio and Tianjin University School of Architecture, the linear building nestles within a grove of camphor trees on a steep, narrow site on the village's outskirts.
The Walls is one of the winning designs for an international competition that invited architects to design and build installations for children across rural China, with the aim of encouraging tourism and reviving village economies after years of out migration.
"China's explosive growth has been fuelled by a large rural to urban migration which has left large parts of the countryside depopulated," explained AHO.
"At present China is losing around 300 rural villages per day and the Chinese government is looking for rural development models capable of preserving rural life, considered the foundation of traditional Chinese culture and values," it continued.
"Growing affluence allows an increasing number of Chinese to take holidays and travel within China. Rural villages that are attractive and offer good facilities can hope to find new sources of income from tourism."
Other buildings on Dezeen that host cooking classes include a cookery school by Pedevilla Architects' that is lined with perforated timber panels, and another by Belzberg Architects in Mexico City with board-mark...
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