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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Concrete Slit House in Nanjing, China by AZL architectsMarch 16th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: AZL architects Slit House is a contemporary concrete residence enmeshed within a quiet Kuomingtang-era neighborhood in central Nanjing. The entire structure and roof are made from concrete pressed into a custom mould, handmade from five-centimetre horizontal wood strips to remain in scale with the adjacent century-old brick buildings. The slit in the concrete creates transparency as it responds to interior circulation, and provides different programmes with differing interior heights & elevations, thus crates in upper bedrooms half floor volume shifting for its privacy. The living room spans over two stories, the dining area extends over one and half levels, and remaining bedrooms and studies occupy single storey spaces.  Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan
 Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan Even though China consumes almost half of the world’s supply of concrete, and Nanjing has seen thirteen-hundred new concrete highrises in the past twenty-five years, Slit House is the first honest concrete building in Nanjing.  Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan  Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan  Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan  Image Courtesy © Iwan Baan  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects  Image Courtesy © AZL architects
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