The Architectural Design Institute of South China University of Technology has completed a youth development facility, by renovating a former primary school and adding a series of covered bamboo campsite spaces.
Located in the mountain village of Pingqiao, in southwest Guizhou province, Raleigh Campsite was set up to provide for the local village and employ local craftspeople, but also to provide experience for the organisation's youth members.

Raleigh International is a non-profit organisation for volunteers in sustainable development.
The former three-storey teaching building acts as an anchor for the project, housing storage, the infirmary, and shower and toilet facilities alongside the camping grounds.

Following the orientation of this structure, the primary new addition is a long, multi-functional lodge space, open to the elements but covered by a tensile fabric roof. "In moderate yet rainy Guizhou, rainproofing and ventilation are the primary needs of local buildings," said the lead architects from the Architectural Design Institute of South China University of Technology.
"The multifunctional lodge, the most important space in the campsite, is a continuous space with an undulating membrane roof."

This lodge is roughly divided by sets of bamboo screens, and in certain sections stairs lead up to a higher level overlooking the surrounding mountains.

"The bamboo interfaces are almost translucent, people can perceive nearby activities, the...