*베이징 타운하우스의 탈바꿈-[ Arch Studio ] Haitang Villa in Beijing, China

2015년에 완공된 베이징의 3층짜리 타운하우스는 아래 두개층을 게스트 구역으로 만들고,  최상층을 개별 입구를 갖춘 자신만의 프라이빗한 공간으로 만들고 싶었던 의뢰인의 요청으로 새로운 공간으로 바뀌었다.

그렇게 하여 테라스를 갖춘 부엌, 거실, 주방 및 4개의 침실을 갖춘 2층 공간을 비롯, 하층 2개는 3개의 게스트룸과 개별 식당 및 티룸과 더불어 레저활동을 위한 마당까지 갖춘 공간으로 탈바꿈하였다.
개별적으로 구분되어 있지만 가시적으로는 서로 연결되어 있는 듯한 방들은, 완전히 가려지지도 반쯤은 투명한 사진 속 분위기를 만들어냈다.

Designed by local architecture firm Arch Studio, Haitang Villa reinvigorates tradition whilst illustrating the harmonious blending of architecture with nature. Completed in 2015, the three-storey Beijing townhouse was re-planned as a single-family residence separated into distinct units, in order to create a distance between the owners and their visitors to result in the guest areas being shared out between the two lower levels while the uppermost storey has a separate entrance providing private access to the owners.

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Project Name: Haitang Villa
Posted in: Residential
Location: Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Architecture Practice: ARCHSTUDIO
Area (sqm): 510
Completed: 2015

The 510-square-meter residence consists of a dining and living area, kitchen, four bedrooms and a balcony on the first floor, while the lower levels contain three guest rooms, dining and tea rooms as well as leisure spaces and a courtyard. Arranged to fit in between the building’s existing structural elements, a series of boxes and platforms made of vertical timber slats re-divide the residence’s interior spaces, suggesting an alternative form of partition reminiscent of the decorative wood panels and paper screens that have long been part of traditional tea houses all over Asia. The separate but visually connected rooms create an open, semi-transparent environment that is rich in layers, while slotted panels, used as bookshelves, allow light to penetrate throughout. Meanwhile, the warm tones of the timber panels and furniture are complemented by grey cement floorings combined with custom-made concrete counter and table tops.

Aiming to visually extend the depth of spaces, Arch Studio made a point of embracing traditional Chinese garden fundamentals with the addition of a sunken bamboo-planted courtyard: a below-ground construction closely related to the typology of many traditional dwellings, which acts as an artful amalgamation of the internal and external spaces and brings natural light into every part of the house.

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