Sangha: Life Learning Center
SANGHA: LIFE LEARNING CENTER
Suzhou, China
Sangha, a pedestrian oriented live-work-learn community focused on helping people learn to live well (physically, emotionally, and socially), is a 46-acre development located on Yangcheng Lake, a UNESCO world heritage site on the periphery of Suzhou, China, that features single-family residences, apartments, hotels, a medical clinic, an East/West wellness center, a food hall and food markets, a conference/learning center, a childhood learning center, and an innovation gallery among numerous other components.
One of Sangha’s key components is the Life Learning Center. The Life Learning Center, a 40,000-square-foot facility below the Fellow Traveler hotel, contains a 139-seat tiered lecture hall/auditorium; a number of large and small rooms for meetings and classes; artist in residency programs; and studios for art, acting, dancing, music, and ceramics.