Article source: Tsutsumi and Associates
An increasing number of old houses in rural area are being renovated to resort hotels targeting for city dwellers recently in China. This project is located in Baisha Village, Yunnan Province, where is an idyllic rural area with Naxi traditional houses. The masonry façade of the old houses is made by stacking local Wuhua-stones, and people can take a view of the majestic Jade Dragon Snow Mountain nearby. We were requested to reuse the four existing houses and the main gate, also build new buildings in irregular shaped extended site around them.
- Architects: Tsutsumi and Associates
- Project: Tsingpu Baisha Retreat
- Location: Zhongyi Sishe, Baisha Village, Baisha Town, Lijiang, China
- Photography: Misae Hiromatsu, Yuming Song (Beijing Ruijing Photo)
- Software used: Autocad, Vectorworks, sketch up, V-Ray, Photoshop
- Client: Tsingpu
- Construction: Yunnan Lixiang Zhuangshi Sheji Gongcheng Youxian Gongsi
- Produce: Tian Shao Yin
- Structural design: Beijing Yanhuang International Architecture & Engineering Co.,Ltd.(Liansheng Bao, Yanhui Liu)
- Area: 2482.5㎡
- Completion: 1st December 2017