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Twisting Courtyard in Beijing

Contemporary House and Landscape Design in China design by ARCHSTUDIO.

Architects: ARCHSTUDIO

Location: Paizihutong, Beijing, China

Twisting Courtyard

Twisting Courtyard

Photos by Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi

26 Jun 2017

Twisting Courtyard

Twisting courtyard is located in Paizihutong, Dashilar Area, Beijing. It used to be a Siheyuan with one single entry. The purpose of the improvement is to upgrade the necessary infrastructure needed for modern life, thus turning this traditional courtyard, which mainly serve as a residence, into an attractive public space of Beijing Inner City.

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Twist within regular layout.
The design aims at getting rid of the solemn and stereotyped impression given by Siheyuan, and creating an open and active living atmosphere. Based on the existing layout of the courtyard, the undulated floor is used to connect indoor and outdoor spaces of different height. And it is extended to the inside of the house, twisting into walls and roof, thus creating dynamic connection between inside and outside space.

Twisting Courtyard

Twisting Courtyard

What’s hidden within the curved wall is necessary auxiliary spaces such as kitchen, toilet and warehouse; while reception and dinning spaces are shown outside the curved wall and connect to the courtyard as a whole. Both indoor and outdoor floors are paved with gray brick. A hawthorn tree in the courtyard is kept and being part of the twisting landscape.

Twisting Courtyard

Twisting Courtyard

Twist between patterns of utilization.
The small yard is mainly used as urban public space while maintaining the possibility of using as a residence. The four houses can be rented for public events for purposes such as recreation, meeting and gathering. Meanwhile, they could be served as a family hostel with three bedrooms. Integrated furniture is used to enable the flexible switch of space scenes. Furniture boxes are inserted into the existing wood frames of east and west wings. Wood platform with lifting table hidden inside could be used as tearoom or bedroom. Bed wall and partitive soft curtain are also used in the main room on the north to meet multiple use requirements.

Twisting Courtyard

Twisting Courtyard

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For building type “Siheyuan”, the courtyard is the core of living fun. “Twisting courtyard” makes micro-adjustment to relations between the parts to change the temperament of the courtyard space and to meet requirements of multiple use without changing the existing housing structure, making the traditional courtyard up-to-date and being integrated into modern urban life.

Twisting Courtyard

Twisting Courtyard

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Twisting Courtyard in Beijing – Building Information

Location: Paizihutong, Beijing
Project type: Residence renovation
Site area: 225.4㎡
Building area: 161.5㎡
Main material: gray brick, oak panels
Design time: 2016.06-2016.09
Construction time: 2016.10-2017.05

Design team: Han Wenqiang, Huang Tao
Design company: ARCHSTUDIO (www.archstudio.cn)
Furniture accessories: Song Guochao
Text: Han Wenqiang

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Photographer: Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi

Twisting Courtyard in Beijing images / information received 260617

Location: Paizihutong, Beijing, China

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