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Rachel House was designed to ensure an open environment for the family to interact and enjoy the central water courtyard on the ground level while maintaining their privacy on the upper floor bedrooms. The clean and modern facade is derived from juxtaposing bedroom cubes where one can enjoy framed views out into the lush oriental-themed landscape garden. The ground floor spaces open into the tranquility of the courtyard and the sound of flowing water.
Continue readingZhuhai Huafa Plaza is located in Hengqin Island of Zhuhai. Facing directly to West Bay bridge of Macau, the prestigious site offers unobstructed view towards the surrounding bay area. Three high-rise office towers and a series of retail pavilions are juxtaposed to create a range of internal and semi-external environments, accommodating retail facilities and office space within a simple circuit layout around two central courtyard gardens. Integrating with the waterfront and the park along, it creates intimate ground level spaces and garden courtyard in lieu of a traditional mall.
Continue readingAn architecture with a space inside that cannot be imagined from a simple and neatly organized façade. The volume protruding to the south is angled to obtain light from the courtyard, which also gives different angles and heights to the interior space. Solid diagonal is drawn inside, space configuration variegated are bold, airy is secured to the inside of a closed. Create a new sense of distance and communication for future residents.
Continue readingBoasting a full view of the river and unlimited potential, the project is located in the Oujiang New District of Wenzhou, an area still in its early stages of development. The relationship between the architectural space and its visitors is always changing. The building mass extends through various spatial rhythms and possibilities, preparing the space for even more prospects in the future. The twisting shape of the building partners up with the ripples of the river and together, they dance along the wind.
Continue readingHidden and surprising notes of a contemporary architectural orchestra, that listens to the spaces and interprets them with the aim of giving voice to a communicative, dialoguing works through the acute ear of the architect, are the keystone of this private luxury residence. The main purpose is to set an intriguing discourse with the context characterized by the medieval walls of the ancient medieval city of Cittadella in Italy and the two brick blades that protect the interior toward the garden.
Continue readingTraditional Japanese houses do not create enclosed environments but instead, form spaces that enable easy transition from the inside to the outside. By forming a blurred boundary, only 40 percent of the space under the roof is entirely enclosed. While the inside is being used primarily by the inhabitants, it is the outside that defines it. Deep eaves, as Japanese traditional architecture elements in local monsoon climate, are almost extinct in modern houses. The house seeks to reinterpret the deep eave and create opportunities for Japanese qualities to flourish in modern architecture.
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