Title: HOUSE IN SHIMOHE
Designed by: mou architecture studio
Architect: Zhuang Wu
Project team: Shiyu Fu , Jing Chen ,Yiwen Li
Location: Huzhou, China
Usage: residence
Building area: 60㎡
Completion: 2023
Main Material: Pine plywood, spruce solid wood, plaster, brick, stainless steel, polycarbonate plate
Photographer: DONG Architects
With this in mind, increasing the circulation of each functional space and balancing the public and private aspects of the site became the primary design strategy. The original courtyard, which had been closed off and incorporated into the interior, was removed to create a public courtyard space that accommodates daily life and allows for dialog with the natural elements of sunlight, air, rain and snow. the L-shaped gable corridor allows for light and rain, and the outdoor tiles on the ground extend all the way to the indoor foyer, blurring the boundaries between the inside and outside. By utilizing the bedroom balcony as a functional split-level, a kennel facing the courtyard and an indoor leisure balcony are constructed, effectively solving the living problems of different family members, while the Z-shaped large furniture extends the living space in the narrow space, and at the same time builds up a free space for the cat to move around in the air. The same space or different spaces are separated from each other by the difference in terrain, giving the space more visitability, and also delineating the primary and secondary boundaries for different functions, softly expressing the dynamic spatial sequence between private and public areas.
We always take nature, city, neighborhood, street, building and then the interior part as a complete perspective of design, and more important than designing space, it is connecting the relationship between people. Home is actually more like a kind of miniature community, we hope to take into account the relationship between individuals and their families at the same time, to maintain and connect this kind of emotion, to find the joy of living.