Phoenix Tree Garden Hortus Domus Theae by Qingfan Zhang

Phoenix Tree Garden Hortus Domus Theae by Qingfan Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Architectura Competition Category.

ArgentumArchitectura· 2020

Phoenix Tree Garden Hortus Domus Theae

by Qingfan Zhang

Client: Atelier ZZ

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About Phoenix Tree Garden Hortus Domus Theae

Hortus Arboris Phoenicis est hortus domus theae in aula hutong Pekini positus. Consilium unum spatium magnum in seriem locorum amoenorum inter se conexorum vertit. Murus nubis plicatilis et ostium lunae curvatum axem internum movent hortumque extra ab interiore dividunt. Ponticuli, canales aquarii et mons ex rubris saxis coacervatus novum ordinem prospectus disponunt. Materiae comprehendunt pontem clathri ferrei, stratum ex calculis caneis coloratisque et tegulas parvas canas. Complura cubicula theae variis prospectibus intra 214,99 metra quadrata creata sunt.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Phoenix Tree Garden Hortus Domus Theae victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Phoenix Tree Garden Hortus Domus Theae opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Phoenix Tree Garden Hortus Domus Theae creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Designers transform the language of traditional gardens here to get a new garden conception, by dealing with a series of relationship between elements, such as the relationship between canals and clouds, the relationship between pavilion and the canal, the relationship between rocks and waterfalls. The design makes this small yard have the appearance of today's architectural space, while also having the poetry of traditional gardens.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project covers a total of 214.99 square meters. The transformation strategy is to turn a single large space to a number of scenic spots linked garden space, and transform the vague boundary between the original building and the courtyard indoor and outdoor into a space sense of alternating between the garden and the building tea house, and between the outdoor and the indoor.
Tags: Architecture, Tea House, Garden, Oriental Elements, Natural, Elegant, Leisure, Stone, Phoenix Tree
Production Technology: Designers use the red rock laminar stack, the light-transparent bridge of the steel grille, the gray and colored cobblestone paving, and the 10 cm small gray tile paving. These materials give the garden a simple and authentic atmosphere.
Design Challenge: The shortcomings of the base are similar courtyard structures, the courtyards that are seen at a glance, and the current state of the house being demolished. Designers used the folding wall and the moon door to change the internal space axis, and organized the new landscape order with small bridges, waterways and stacked mountains.
Research: The owner rented a yard in the hutong, and asked Atelier ZZ to design a tea house garden. It is hoped that the garden will include the elements of traditional gardens, and have the true feeling of traditional gardens. It is not allowed to change the plane position of the original building and hope to have a phoenix tree. We designed and directed the stack of red rock mountain. Several tea rooms with different views and feelings were made in less than 200 square meters.
Inspiration: Some elements come from the reference to Suzhou classical gardens, such as the small arch bridge, borrowed from the static bridge in the net master garden, the stone paving on the ground borrowed from the linear stone paving of the bathing gull small garden. Designers designed and directed the stack of red rock mountain. Several tea rooms with different views and feelings were made in less than 200 square meters.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2018 in Beijing and finished in March 2019 in Beijing.
Operation Flow: Cloud wall is set at the entrance of the garden. The curved moon door twists the axis to separate the outside and inside of the garden.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Qingfan Zhang, 2019.
Team Members: Qingfan Zhang
Bo Zhang
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Haiting Sun, Moon Door, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Haiting Sun, Folding wall, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Haiting Sun, Moon Door 2, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Haiting Sun, Tea House, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Haiting Sun, Passageway, 2019.