Xizhimen Port Apartment

Architecture Design Award Winner.
Awarded for Good Architecture, Building and Structure Design.

Xizhimen Port Apartment
by Zhe Wang of SZA Architects

Awarded April 15, 2022
CLIENT: BEIJING SZA ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTANT
19.126

Xizhimen Port is an apartment building in Beijing, China. The ten-story structure was built in the 1980s and later renovated for young urban tenants. The new facade is formed by aluminum window frames that project out from the exterior wall. The frames organize the exposed beams and columns of the original building and provide space for the air conditioning unit of each room. Inside each frame, the color shifts from orange at the top to pale yellow at the bottom. Added windows on the east and west walls increase daylight by 50 percent.

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