House of Steps by Chaoffice
Located in Beijing, China, this single family house has been recently completely redesigned by Chaoffice.
Description
The project site is located within the Taihang Mountains 70 kilometers from Beijing. The clients, a young couple, are native to the mountains and the yardformerly served as home to their parents. Years past, and the family moved to the city, the yard left abandoned, broken and derelict. Clients wish to renovate the yard into a comfortable place.Our clients wish to renovate the yard into a place which could be comfortable again.
The village is spread from the bottom of a valley to the slopes, and the yard located nearly at the highest point.According to local folklore,a castle once stood above the village, built during the Yuan Dynasty.This is how the village?s name, meaning ?under fortress? came to be,and as you look back you find yourself gazing upon beautiful Da?an Mountain and the Zhaitang Valley. Both of which have been left unchanged for millions of years. The main road through the village follows a large slope, the small hutongs dotting its route dark and narrow; single story houses appear low, covered by grey rock and cement. These elements coalesce to form the image of the village, which we do not want to challenge. The building would not to be an invention. In essence, the existing scale, shape, and color together make the building merge in with the background. At the same time, it acquires its own identity from small details ofali...
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