Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects 劉宇揚建築事務所

No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong

NO. 18 GUAN SHU YUAN HUTONG

Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects

No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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DESIGN TEAM
Liu Yuyang, Hsu Chien-ho, Zhao Gang, Liang Xing

LIGHTING DESIGN
UnoLai Design

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jeremy San

AREA
160.0 m²

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Beijing, China

CATEGORY
Gallery, Renovation

No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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The project calls for the renovation of a small courtyard house in Guan Shu Yuan Hutong, Beijing, which is located between the famed Yonghe Tibetan Temple and the historical Im- perial Academy.

The client is an art collector from Shanghai, whose wish is to reinvent this “pocket-house” into a gallery with a “Shanghai ambiance” for his ceramic art works.

No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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Design starts with two parallel aspects: On the one hand, to infill a series of copper-plated steel display windows and veneered wood dis- play shelves within the original wooden frames of the house, thus creating an integrated con- trast of tradition and modernity.

On the other hand, to recreate a courtyard reminiscent of the Jiangnan (south of Yangzi) regionalist expres- sion and articulation.

No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong
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Section 1
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Drawing 1
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Floor Plan

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