DESIGN NAME: Qing
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Residential House
INSPIRATION: The traditional houses in Southern China gives inspiration for the renovation and addition of this villa in Shanghai.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Different from the simplicity and neatness of western architecture, the refurbished facades built with scattered layouts and plentiful lines, conveying richness in layers of the traditional river houses of Southern China. The use of materials is abstemious relatively: window glass, blue brick and white wall. The designer tries to refurbish an architectural language through varied construction details and to explore more expressions out of less materials.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The original villa was too small for the clients and its messy disordered facade needed to be reorganized. This project is conceived with the premise of refurbishing a new architectural language but going with the remained parts. Different from the simplicity and neatness of western architecture, the refurbished facades built with scattered layouts and plentiful lines, conveying richness in layers of the traditional river houses of Southern China. The use of materials is abstemious. But varied construction details are to explored to create more expressions out of less materials.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in April 2015 and finished in August 2017 in Shanghai, China.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Two solid blocks are designed to lower traffic interference. The retracted entrance space is set between them. The largest addition is the cantilever on the west side. The French windows fully interweave the tree shadows and water waves forming a dynamic landscape to inside.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Site: 985 square meters/ Interior: 516 square meters
TAGS: House, Renovation, Shanghai, Brick, White Wall
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Besides the window glass, the use of exterior materials is simplified to two elements:
blue brick and white wall, which are common in Chinese traditional architecture. The designer tries to use different dimensioned bricks with varied brickwork methods to explore the expressions of single material, and further more to keep both penetrability and shelter functionally. It also captures the traditional Chinese architectural skill "detailing the details" creating a unique sense of orientality on the edge of large area rough materials both in these two materials.
CHALLENGE: The original two-story villa was too small for the clients and its messy disordered facade needs to be reorganized. This project is conceived with the premise of refurbishing a new architectural language but go with the remained parts.
ADDED DATE: 2018-06-18 15:25:35
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IMAGE CREDITS: #1: Fu-ming Lin, 2018
#2: Fu-ming Lin, 2018
#3: Fu-ming Lin, 2018
#4: Fu-ming Lin, 2018
#5: Fu-ming Lin, 2018
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