Hemudu House

河姆渡别墅

LOCATION: YUYAO

project year: 2016

STATUS: under construction

Yuyao House is located in Yuyao, Zhejiang, China, with ​​500 square meters GFA. The entire building is hidden in the forest. It inadvertently appears when people roaming on a narrow trail. Simple interlaced geometry makes the facade timidly hidden in the forest and appears a humble and intimate image. Entering into the house, people are exposed to nature. Interior space is illuminated by sunlight so that the building is transformed into a transparent medium which closely connects people and the natural environment, providing an inclusive living space for people who suffer from urban stress.

The building has four floors in accordance with site terrain. There are a garage and storage rooms on the first floor. The second floor is a large public space. There is a linkage between the open terrace and a small viewing platform. Inside the building, a living room, dining room and kitchen are well connected to each other without wall partitions. Users can use these places without any restriction; at the same time, the view can be extended to a large extent.

Bedrooms and studies are on the third and fourth floors. French windows transform each room into a view collector, capturing the charming scenery.

The staircase, enclosed with two pieces of wall with rectangular and circular openings on each side, is the important daily communal space. Step by step, the view is blocked with the stairs and sometimes it is widely open. Shadow and light interlaced in the multi-level space, resembling the experience of passing through the forest.The choice of materials also pursues minimalism. Gray concrete, white paint, wood flooring and large French windows outline the villa's natural trait as well as the modern characteristic.

 

余姚别墅位于浙江省余姚市,建筑面积500平方米。整个建筑掩映在山林之中,沿着一条羊肠小道向前行进,建筑不经意间出现在人们的视线中。通过几何形体的简单错动使得立面羞涩地隐藏于山林之中显得安静而亲密。置身其中,人与自然变得分外亲近,阳光涌入,建筑幻化做透明的媒介将人与自然环境紧紧贴合,但又彼此分离,为饱受都市压力的人提供了一个“逃离城市”的栖身之所。

建筑顺地势而建共有四层。一层是车库和储藏间,位于坡地低处。二层是一个大的公共空间。开敞的露台由栈桥与小型观景平台相连。建筑内部,客厅、餐厅、厨房之间互相连通,没有墙体分隔,居住者可以自由使用这些地方;同时,视线在空间内得以无限延伸。

三层四层是卧室和书房。卧室中大面积的落地玻璃让整个室内变成一个取景器,将山野美景收纳其中。 方窗和圆窗夹出来的楼梯空间是每天生活的必经地。穿梭其间,视线随着楼梯时而被遮挡,时而又分外开阔,阳光从屋顶的天窗照射进来,随着时间在多层空间中留下轨迹,极尽穿梭山林的趣味。材料的选择上也追求极简,青色混凝土,白色涂料,木色地板以及大面积落地窗,勾勒出别墅自然又不失现代的风格。