Evolution from prototype of chinese courtyard house, The brick house establish a good relationship with the surrounding environment espically the big lake in the north. The red bricks produced in the neibour fields using still as main structure & construction materials in the region were introduced as main construction material for this project, so the local construction workers know very clear the idea of building in their familiar way.
The interesting geometric pattern of brick facade reflects the opening logic of elevation. Since all materials & workers are from & close …

Situated in Liyang, the city 70km southeast of Nanjing, New 4th Army Jiangnan Headquarter Exhibition Hall was built to memory the history of New 4th Army leaded by Communist Party during last 30’s. Fragmental granite is used here as façade cladding for the pure cubic volume which expresses very strong the monumental function of this project. The courtyard turns from internal volume to external façade, exposes itself in dramatic red section, presenting its revolutional feature of this project strongly supported by local government.
Structural & Material: Concrete, Brick, Stone
Floor Area: 4200 …

Fits to its historical context formulated in begining of 20’s in centre part of Nanjing city, Slit house express itself in harmony with surroundings in the new form of concrete facade. The entir structure & facade even roof are made from concrete with 5cm horizontal wood textile strip which shares the same scale with neibour buildings of brick built almost 100 years ago. Even we used almost half of world’s cement in China, Slit house is the first real concrete building in Nanjing, the city which built also 1300 highrise …