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AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE

AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE
AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE 



  • Location

    Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
  • Architect in Charge

    Zhang Lei
  • Design Team

    Zhang Lei, Jeffrey Cheng, Wang Wang, Wang Yi
  • Collaborator

    Architectural Design & Planning Institute, NJU
  • Area

    500.0 sqm
  • Project Year

    2008
  • Photographs

    Yao Li

  • AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE
    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE 
    From AZL ArchitectsSituated in Laoshan Forest to the west of central Nanjing city, China International Practical Exhibition of Architecture (CIPEA) began in 2003 to bring twenty-four renowned international & domestic architects together onto one site.  CIPEA consist of four public buildings and twenty small houses, in accordance with the brief, the houses should have at least five bedrooms, public spaces, and hospitality accommodations on 500 square meters.

  • AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE
    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE 
    The Number Four “Blockhouse” sits on a particularly valley site, nestling the house into the landscape.  In the spirit of a pagoda, four cubic floors are stacked vertically, allowing for minimal site excavation and land use.  The ground floor features living and dining spaces quietly enveloped in the surrounding forest and overlooking a stream, and a communal roof terrace rises to just above the trees.  The roof merges into the landscape as another living space, complete with pool and wooden deck within the panorama of the forest.  The geometric shape is sculpted from concrete and finished in a white protection surface.




  • AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE
    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE 
    The concept of Blockhouse is almost the living attitude of many Chinese: a minimal opening to the surrounding landscape is the only perforation of  the richness inside the house.  The horizontal break of each floor—in combination with larger unique curved apertures on each floor—frame vistas in the spirit of Chinese landscape scrolls.  Prescribed views have a long tradition in Chinese art history and traditional Chinese gardens, designed to make the viewer reconsider and contemplate the landscape.

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    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE
    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE 

    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE
    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE 

    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE

    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE

    AZL Architects - CIPEA BLOCKHOUSE




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