Article source: LI WENXI Architects

Going back to three years ago, the day when I thought of “Boundary House”.

I met Sun Zhaoyang in the winter evening of 2016. During the chat, I learned that he wanted to build a house for his parents in his hometown. His hometown is located in the village on the outskirts of Luohe City, Henan Province, China. The site is at the end of the village, facing the fields. What is in the distance? Hills, desulphurization towers and rock birds that don’t want to go back to the nest.

One Flowering Tree

The first thing is to build a circle of boundary wall. This is not our original intention, but the local convention. I am not disgusted with this, because the wall does not mean blocking. In my opinion, it likes a cell membrane, which constructing a mechanism for selecting and transmissing, and also setting a starting point and basis for our design.

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• Architects: LI WENXI Architects
• Project: Boundary House
• Location: Luohe, China
• Photography: Project-ion
• Completion Year: 2019.6

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