From the Hundred to the Contemporary: Transforming the Traditional Courtyard, the Old Soul of the City, "Twisted"

Beijing's construction team transformed the traditional courtyard to open the square square, closed invitosus and breathable Chinese-style buildings, so that the "home" public, more gentle, and brighter. Unchanged, the courtyard is still where people connect with each other and have fun in life. The emotions of old cities never fade away, but we can have more sunshine.

Having never been to Beijing, you may have seen several films set against the backdrop of old Beijing. Think of the "old gun" that nothing in the alley, the six masters of the caged ostrich, dedicated to the neighborhood to preside over justice, let the whole village and town roar, or "July and Ansheng", July in the narrow alley to see boyfriend and other girls hot kiss, tearing up her rock dream . . .

Beijing Hutong, refers to the traditional courtyard between the alleys, hiding the memory of the times of old Beijing, record the ordinary daily life of the citizens.

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A GROUP OF CONSTRUCTION TEAMS FROM BEIJING, ARCHSTUDIO, REMODELED A PLATOON IN BEIJING'S GREAT FENCED AREA, THE "TWISTED YARD." Without changing the traditional courtyard structure, let the original only single access to the entrance, only can meet the residential function of the twisting yard, turn around to become more in line with the modern Beijing City mobile space.

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Let the courtyard of the Quartet, there is sunshine

Old house Xinli, by renovating the old building, has transformed it into a new look; behind this reveals an old concept of living or home, how to over-reach a modern city, there is a new turn.

The traditional courtyard pattern is more closed, like the secrets hidden by each family. The ARCHSTUDIO team first connected indoors and outdoors with undulating ground and stretched all the way to the interior, walls, and roofs of the house, opening up the interior and out spaces to create new dynamic relationships that completethereversed the traditional and unperhimable architectural patterns.

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There is also a "twist" in the mode of use.

They retain the residential function of the courtyard, but also plan to provide public space for urban use. The four-room room can be rented as a space for leisure, meetings or other gatherings, along with family rooms. They meet the transformation between different functions through integrated furniture.

For example, in the wooden floor of the east and west room, the table can be set up and lower, can be used as a tea room space, can also be used as a sleeper. The north side of the main room has a large double bed and a cubicle to meet the dual needs of social and residential, public to private.

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The construction model of the courtyard is to let the people in the east and west north houses have a "heart-to-heart" public yard, which can unite each other and exchange feelings. The courtyard is at the heart of the whole "home". To convey such a spirit as the principle, twisting the transformation plan, into the use of more yuan, through the room and outside the flow of the possibility, so that more people can walk into the city's old memory, but feel a more novel atmosphere.

Let the home open, let the emotion extend, the sun scattered down, the old Beijing courtyard is more beautiful.

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