*푸른 돌로 지은 중국 문화센터-[ West-line studio ] Chetian Cultural Center

중국 Guizhou의 400년 이상의 역사를 가진 돌로 지어진 집들로 유명한 Chetian에 있다.  이곳에 위치한 문화 센터는 40센티 두께의 벽들을 이용하여 토속 전통방식으로 지어진 게 특징이다. 돌들은 매우 독특한 푸른 빛을 띠고 있고, 흔히들 '파란 돌'이라고 부르는 그것이다. 돌을 이용하여 강하고 압도적인 존재감을 나타내는 이곳은 건축가가 이 지역 토속 소수 민족에 대한 존경심을 표현한 것이라고도 볼 수 있다.

The cultural center is located in the rural Chetian Village, 30km from Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province, in South-West China. The village has more than 400 years of history and is famous for its stone houses built with local materials.

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Program: cultural center
Architects: West-line studio (Haobo Wei, Jingsong Xie)
Area: 715 sqm
Completion: 2015

41 families, out of the 207 living in the village, belong to the Miao ethnic minority, one of the oldest minority groups in China, most of whom live in Guizhou province. The square outside the cultural center, surrounded by the river, is often used as a stage for local Miao dance and drama performances.

The architecture of the cultural center is strongly characterized by 40cm thick walls, built according to the local traditional methods, using the stone coming from the village’s pit. The stone has a very unique blue shade, which is why it is commonly called “blue stone”.

It comes from sedimentary rocks and its major components are limestone and dolomite. The strong and obsessive  presence of the stone creates an intimate interior space and shows the architects’ deep respect for the historical masonry traditions of Chetian Village.

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