Gong Home, a brand new residential design by Shenzhen-based structure apply Numerous Associates, is a Twenty first-century household residence set in mountainous countryside within the Zhejiang area of China. Mixing its inexperienced environment of Yongjia village with the fashionable wants of its residents, the architects sought to craft a residence that embraces an city way of life and the agricultural setting.
‘The aged of the Gong household dwell within the [local] countryside, whereas the youthful technology has settled in numerous cities. Mr Gong, the proprietor [of the new home], has been residing in Beijing for a few years, the place his way of life has advanced considerably. Given the big household, when all six siblings got here again to the countryside with their respective households to collect throughout festivals, the previous village home couldn’t fulfill the wants of greater than 30 members of the family,’ say the architects, headed by studio founders Yang Dongzi and Lin Qianyi.
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Gong Home: step inside a contemporary Chinese language household residence
Of their answer, the architects regarded to the vernacular homes, which ‘exude a way of layered and staggered orderliness, making a picturesque scene when considered from a distance via the [region’s renowned] misty rain. The glowing home windows piercing via the haze type an summary composition of various sizes of cubes, leaving a long-lasting impression,’ says Yang Dongzi.
The crew additionally sought to take advantage of the setting’s attributes. ‘Past its pure magnificence, [the region] gives an abundance of pure gentle and [fresh air], parts usually artificially replicated in city settings. Our purpose is to seamlessly mix city way of life with rural structure, crafting a residence that completely enhances trendy residing whereas embracing the tranquillity of Yongjia,’ the architect provides.
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The architects researched extensively for supplies and constructing strategies that assist a sustainable structure strategy for his or her purchasers. They labored with a newly developed materials, a herb brick made out of straw, hemp, and different plant fibres combined with cement and mixture. The purpose was to make a constructing that ‘breathes’, the crew explains.
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And whereas the constructing’s irregular-seeming home windows appear to be an arbitrary flight of architectural fancy, they’re nothing however; they’re rigorously curated to direct pure gentle and defend from the solar the place wanted.
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Numerous Associates then went on to mould their design by taking their cues from the encompassing context. The weather of water, pure gentle, and air discover themselves expressed within the residence’s inside via options such because the calculated pure cross air flow – even the mezzanine and ceiling angles and formations are a nod to the encompassing verdant mountains.
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‘While you stare upon this home from the skin, the variety of flooring stays a thriller,’ says Yang Dongzi. ‘It is a meticulously deliberate engineering marvel, not a haphazard creation.’
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General, child-friendliness and an open, welcoming and versatile residing area with ample ceiling peak had been prioritised to cater to the wants of the rising, prolonged household and their way of life. The consequence feels vibrant, modern and dynamic.
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