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Doctor XU Hongquan is painter, and a literati who is good at writing books, calligraphy, literary review as well. Mr. Xu found us through friends this summer, to make this reconstruction of the old factory building, which will be used as his studio and home in future: Hall within the Cloud.

Image Courtesy © Sun Haiting

• Architects: office PROJECT
• Project: Hall within cloud – Art studio of Xu Hongquan
• Location: Huairou District, Beijing, China
• Photography: Sun Haiting
• Design Team: Zhang Hao, Zhao Jianwei, Xie Dongfang, Cui Lan
• Chief Designers: Chang Ke, Li Wenhan
• Client: Xu Hongquan
• Site area: 1200 m2
• Building area: 800m2
• Design period: 2016.4-2016.6
• Construction period: 2016.6-2016.11

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