Shared Yard Gästehaus by Tianqi Guan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Silber in Architektur-, Gebäude- und Bauwerksdesign Competition Category.

SilberArchitektur· 2020

Shared Yard Gästehaus

by Tianqi Guan

Client: Evolution Design

A' Design Award in Silber Winner in Architektur Category

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The Design

About Shared Yard Gästehaus

Shared Yard ist ein ländliches Gästehaus in Peking, China. Shared Yard entstand durch den Umbau eines verlassenen, für Nordchina typischen Wohnhauses mit hölzernen Fensterrahmen, Ziegelmauern und Ziegeldächern. Das alte Haus wurde erhalten und mit Neubauten aus Kohlenstoffstahlblech, Beton und Weißeichen-Oberflächen verbunden. Der vorhandene Baumbestand beschattet die neuen Baukörper, die an durchlüfteten Stellen platziert sind, sodass im Sommer keine Klimaanlage erforderlich ist. Regenwasser und aufbereitetes Wasser dienen der Bewässerung der umliegenden Felder.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Silber

Shared Yard Gästehaus ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Silber, einer enorm prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, großartige und beeindruckende Spitzendesigns. Silber-Gewinner sind ungemein brillante und äußerst kreative Werke, die die herausragende Expertise, das Talent und den Scharfsinn ihrer Designer veranschaulichen. Von Shared Yard Gästehaus wird erwartet, dass es ein wunderbares Vorzeigewerk ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und zutiefst innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Silber prämierte Design ist eine höchst bemerkenswerte, bewunderte Erfindung, die den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. Shared Yard Gästehaus ist eine vielbeneidete Schöpfung, die Wünsche weckt, positive Gefühle vermittelt und Staunen und Verwunderung entfacht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The project is a rural guest house on the outskirts, which is required to provide an entirely different lifestyle for people living in cities for a long time, while meeting the functional needs of modern life. From a macroscopic perspective, by preserving and respecting rural culture and introducing a new business model, it is leading a transformation of culture and economic structure, and creating a life fashion unique to the North China.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area: 763 sq m; Foot Print Area: 258 sq m; Cross Area: 327 sq m
Tags: Rural Renovation, Guest House, Transformation, New Business Model, Traditional Culture
Production Technology: Carbon steel plate,Concrete,White oak finish
Design Challenge: How to make an eco-friendly building? We used suitable construction methods and old materials recycled from the village to eliminate the invasion. The new buildings are under the shade of trees we preserved, being designed in a ventilated position so that air conditioning is unnecessary in summer. All the fruits and vegetables needed for life come from the surrounding vegetable fields and orchards. Rainwater and purified living water are used to irrigate the fields through a drainage system.
Research: How to treat traditional architecture is always an important issue in rural construction. The old houses on the site are typical of rural dwellings in northern China, with wooden window frames, brick walls and tiled roofs that have survived for generations. So our team first preserved the old house carefully and then connected it to the new building. We used old materials recycled from the village to complete the dialogue between traditional dwellings and contemporary architecture.
Inspiration: For architects, it is hard to find the possibility of diversified development of city and nature, while the countryside with rustic charm is a fertile land of hope, which is enough to rebuild the relationship among humankind, architecture and nature, internalize and shape tradition and current local culture, thus making them become visible and perceivable forms and symbols and permeate into the life.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2019 and finished in October 2019 in Beijing, China.
Operation Flow: The abandoned house was reconstructed, and the completed buildings not only brought the rural experience to the urbanites, but also provided the villagers with a more advanced community environment and gradually increasing income.
While attracting tourists and driving the new economy, the yard built based on local culture, inspiring villagers to get a new understanding of their local and cultural value, offering a new choice of selecting an occupation and building a living space.
Team Members: Tianqi Guan
Kang Gao
Junnan Li
Xiang Ni
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Yunfeng Shi, Bird's eye view of the yard under the tree, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Yunfeng Shi, An outdoor dining area located in the lower courtyard, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Yunfeng Shi, Living room in the shade, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Yunfeng Shi, Trees continue to grow through the building, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Yunfeng Shi, Yard under the tree in a summer evening, 2019.