「問餘何意棲碧山,笑而不答心自閒」，大隱於市，心自閒焉。
The house, dating back over a hundred years of history, is located in GusuDistrict, Suzhou, adjacent to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage "YiPu". The client named it Chao Yun Song Guan, which was taken the words from a poem of Libai, one of the esteemed poets in Tang Dynasty that 「 All along feeling God’s picturesque creations, most want to do is retreat to the woods」.Wenyu Alley, where the house lays in the core of historical town in Suzhou, is nothing more than ordinary but still wears the vintage makeup from1900s, rich in cultural deposits. Since the lack of maintenance, the original charm of the building is hardly seen. Scale tiles have peeled from the traditional swept roof, while the brickwork structure of the wall is teetering on the edge of collapse, no longer can hold the weight of a rotten wooden roof, with no mention of sufficient interior light. This anxious situation of the ancient residential is quite common in historical communities, fading from their former glory.For the renovation of the house, all the original wooden and brick structure is preserved with reinforcement and restoration. The entire roof truss was removed as well as the original tiles, which were carefully selected from piles of remains and re-installed on the new swept roof. Secondly, in order to bring more natural light into the house and blur the boundary between inside and outside, the patio was expanded by removing the original kitchen and a small patio was installed at the southwest corner in addition to the current two patios. Therefore, on the first floor, leisure space including a living room and a small study room shares both sides view of the front and rear patios; the dining space with a small kitchen beside owns the small patio; On the second floor, as private space as they are, master room, main study room, and a guest room are separately facing their own patios. the open relationship between the courtyard and the interior diffusing the boundary between the indoor and outdoor space and at the same time achieved the transition from public to private.
The main theme of the design is to inherit the spirit of the historic house not just by preserving and restoring its appearance but most importantly by recreating its spatial experience, Which is to be a hermit away from the society.
「If you ask me why I dwell in the woods; I smile and make no reply for my heart is free of care.」 Also from Libai. Wish him a world apart that is not among men.▼ 入口大門 the entrance▼ 入口門牌牌坊雕花細節 carving patterns▼ 一樓客廳 living room
▼ 一樓客廳和後天井 living room& backyard▼ 一樓平面 first floor ▼ 二樓平面 second floor完工時間 / Completion year: 2019.7
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