House of Mountain Birds/ Chaoffice
- Location:
283 m ²
Year:.
2022.
Producers: DongFangGong International Wood Market Co., Ltd, Tianjin Yuansheng Wood Market Co., Ltd
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Lead Designer:.
Zhi Cheng.
Text description offered by the designers. Throughout the 2nd World War, this yard was damaged and consequently restored by the Japanese intruders and played the function of a short-lived wartime jail. The brand-new structure was rather unique, as a single-sloping roofing system with lower eaves dealt with the outdoors. Surrounded by natural charm, the backyard was confined by high walls and deep shadows, and as the only location which got any light, the circling around homes were shrouded in darkness. After the war, the federal government returned your house to its initial owners. Your house ended up being a jail, and the jail reversed into a house.
After being entirely deserted by the owners for a number of years, your homes would be restored as villa. The existing condition of the website was far various from what was thought of by the customers.
The most simple technique in remodeling the website was to destroy the existing environment and construct an entirely brand-new one, nevertheless from another point of view the high wall and roofing system offered a sense of shelter and security. It would be rather regretful to entirely make disappear the distinct spatial scene, cutting off the memory of the land. The style ended up being a “jail break” while preserving the qualities of the website.
We initially restored the structure which had actually almost collapsed, integrated its own products with a brand-new steel structure, and kept the initial type, enhancing the structure which might still operate. On the ground, we included brand-new spaces as adapters to develop brand-new orders. Above, 3 brand-new structures were connected to the roofing system and on top of the high walls. They are parasitic organisms, entitled: “basket”, “travel suitcase”, and “cabinet”, which offer natural light and fresh air on the ground, in addition to a view and activity to the roofing system. In this method, the yard behind the high wall reconnected to nature and surrounding fields.
The area in between the corners of the yard and the existing structures is the very first to be inhabited, and the different locations on the very first flooring of the brand-new structure end up being a “meaningful whole”. We opened the exterior dealing with the inner backyard, with big airplanes of glass filling in brick walls and wood frames. The style tries to develop a brand-new system buried underneath the high walls. The light that travels through the skylight modifications throughout the day and is shown in between the white walls through a succession of locations, producing an abundant environment of shadows and light.
In this continually altering area, public areas lie in the middle. Bed rooms are set up in peaceful corners at the back, or on the 2nd flooring. The corner bed rooms enjoy their own lawns. The second-floor bed rooms are held up from the high walls and get a lot of sunshine and views towards the mountains.
The west structure is the core website of public areas. The big dining-room has the very best view of the yard and is well-connected to the remainder of the structure. The website over the east wall ends up being an extension of the structure, with an open kitchen area under a high window examining the street. A staircase leads up to the roofing system. The steel structural ‘basket’ pushes the roofing system of the initial structure. The old roofing system, which has actually been inhabited, broadens the restricted location of the roofing system balcony. The slope has actually been changed into actions, with a long sleek concrete table dealing with eastward towards the mountains and fertile fields.
