Luxury House for Relaxing Amidst Nature | The Flowing Garden
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- Working for two business brothers, More Than Arch Studio has built a residential complex on the southern Chinese coast that interlinks indoor and outdoor spaces, open and private areas into a fascinating whole.
Courtyard homes are part and parcel of regional building traditions in the southern Chinese province of Fujian, as in many other subtropical areas. In principle they can be of any size, all the way up to residential complexes for large extended families, organised in a way that was and is a subtle reflection of inner social structures and hierarchie.
The decision to fall back on the age-old typology for the project in Zhangzhou suggested itself for various reasons: the neighbouring area on the inland side to the north are relatively densely-built and anything but attractive, while views to the sea in the south are blocked by an approx. 30-m-wide strip of municipal woodland planted as protection from typhoons. In addition, regulations restricted building height to 10 m, making anything higher impossible.
Two rectangular two-storey blocks delineate the residential complex to the north and south. The former contains guest rooms, reception rooms and a large underground wellness and leisure area with a swimming pool; the southern-facing block accommodates the private rooms of the two brothers and their families. In effect the main buildings are like the two halves of a semi-detached house.
A labyrinth-like system of single-storey volumes opening onto inner courtyards fills the space between the two. Skylights and sunken patios let natural light into the underground rooms, which house additional bedrooms and living rooms for occasional visits by family members. A tea room, a shared dining area and two multi-purpose rooms - one per half of the house - surround a large water basin in the biggest courtyard.
The warm-cold contrast of exposed concrete, timber and bronze characterises the facades, window frames and brises soleils. Most of the concrete shows the marks of coarse-textured board formwork; other walls have the characteristic, deep-fluted structure of bamboo shuttering. In the interiors, the architects differentiated between the more public areas in the north and the private quarters. Expanses of exposed concrete characterise the former, as in the subterranean spa area; cold grey concrete is less in evidence in the southern wing, being mostly concealed behind beige-coloured plaster. Floors mainly come in bamboo wood or rust-red terrazzo.
Credits:
Name: The Flowing Garden
Location: Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, China
Area: 1,700 sqm
Year of Completion: 2021
Architectural Design: More Than Arch Studio
Photographs:Chao Zhang
0:00 - The Flowing Garden
1:09 - Central courtyard with a pond
2:36 - Water skylight
3:14 - To the basement
5:10 - Windbreak forest strip
5:42 - The two residential units
6:10 - Scale and atmosphere
8:59 - Drawings
The mix of modern and traditional is stunning!
Exceptional ! The gray shading in the concrete adds greater dimension.
Impressive sleek modernist approach to zen, really feels like a 2050 future zen feel to it. though personally, id like a solid garden at the courtyard, even sandgarden but i also understand that its a way to incorporate a pool with a central position. also love the upward opening rooms with linear skylights with the deep ceilings!
This is a nicely done home. 🙌🏽
My kind of house!
I love it. Very peaceful. My only concern would be that giant swimming pool in the middle of common space. It is a great feature to have, I’d frankly kill for a swimming pool that big, but the evaporation of moisture is probably a nightmare for all surrounding areas and furniture unless you have a very good HVAC
Dream house, I love it
Um visual sempre conteporãneio !
This is anything but nature
It's a constructed nature in opportune spaces, such as in the sunken gardens🌿
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Wonderfull So Beautiful.... Zen for both Body and Soul
Very beautiful, but the use of so much concrete is brutalist and cold. I can appreciate it but I wouldn't live there.
Fabulous house, allit needs is a couple of cats.😉
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beauty but no one live there.
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And this beautiful house of zen how much money has cost to bills. This house is only for millioners
Man there is too much wording in your thumbnail which looks bad , just put the picture , it looks good , and let the borders of the picture stay too , remove the text
Amazing build and spaces. Just turn your volume to zero. Ridiculous narration.
Hello, thank you for the feedback. What do you think could be improved?
Your narrative style suits the near death experience videos which I believe that you do? There is a clipped tone and seriousness to your reading which is almost too much for architectural discussion. My personal opinion- perhaps, vary your pitch and tone and drag your words a bit more. It's great that you're open to feedback. 🙂
Whoever wrote the dialog\script wrote way too much. Let the build talk on it's own. @@mirageon
@@stephlau87 I hadn't really noticed that the voice relates to near-death experiences, but I'll definitely work on improving the narration as soon as possible. Thank you for the feedback! 👍
@@mirageon the near death experience youtube channel I'm referring to is called "heaven awaits". Good channel 👍
Is that a real home? Looks like cgi to me...
It may seem so, but it is indeed a constructed house; the house is truly real! 😉
@@mirageon I see that at the end of the video, there is some construction going on with the house.
But are the images before the last few seconds of the video CGI representations of the house to be built?
@@SupremeSkeptic They are indeed real images; the construction photos are only to demonstrate how it was built📸
@@mirageon I see... ok. Are the images cleaned up a little using post processing?
There are other oppressed races, including, the Yiddish, stop your victimhood
Generally, slavery had been abolished, in 1877,
Slavery still exists Created by multinational. Exploit the poor to maximise the profit.
It’s Amazing what you can build with LOT’S of money and NO Taste!🙈
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Really, in poor taste, funny my mom Spoke of negative spaces. Think you're a copy cat