Article source: AZL Architects

1 Native order 

Compared with the mass development of cities in the recent three decades, the Chinese villages rooted in traditional agriculture civilization still maintain the overall rural spatial characteristics of \”architecture with no architects \”, presenting a kind of native order under the traditional social background. . Now, this spontaneous state is encountering clashes from urban civilizations. The LEI House is a typical case with reference value. The house is located in Shanyinwu village in Tonglu County in Hangzhou, not far from the administrative center of the town. Most of the houses in the village have been rebuilt in recent ten years and belong to the typical \”new rural\” style. From an architectural prospective, traditional architectural features that can characterize this area are hard to be seen.

Image Courtesy © Yao Li

• Architects: AZL Architects
• Project: LEI House
• Location: Tonglu, Zhejiang Province, China
• Photography: Hou Bowen, Yao Li, Sun Lei
• Cooperative Organization: Shanghai Tongji Steel Structure Technology, Ltd,Nanjing Wiiboox 3D
• Design Team: Zhang Lei, Ma Haiyi, Zhong Huaying, Liu Ying, Yuan Ziyan
• Total Floor Area: 296 sqm
• Design/Completion: 2016/2017.10

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