Chinese traditional architecture

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Project • By Atelier LI • Private Houses

Quadrangle Garden Villa, Suzhou

Garden design is a process of evolution, creating an arrangement that connects the inhabitant with the environment. Driven by a spirit of spatial innovation and guided by Gilles Deleuze’s theory of the "rhizome," the concept of "becoming-garden" seeks to deterritorialize the traditional garden, redefining it to evolve alongside the residential systems of modern architecture. Atelier LI Situated in a villa district in the southern suburbs of Suzhou, the project addresses a dual spatial trap: the monotonous matrices of typical contemporary houses, and the rigid, historical formulas of traditional classical gardens. Both typologies, in their own ways, impose a sedentary, captured way of living—trapping inhabitants either with... More

Project • By YI JIAN ARCHITECTS • Hotels

Renovation of Shantang Li's Yizhuang Cluster

The Li’s Yizhuang group facing Shantang River locations on Shantang Street which isa cultural street with a history of 1200 years. Shantang River and Shantang Street ofSuzhou are important parts of the Grand Canal as a World Heritage Site. The Li’sYizhuang group includes a group of traditional ancestral halls belonged to Municipallevel cultural relics,15 residential buildings and an old warehouse. Shantang Street isa national historical street of China. The updated requirements are asked to continuethe traditional residence elements and retain the mottled exterior walls. Yi Jian Architects Yi Jian Architects Yi Jian Architects Yi Jian Architects More