Song-Zhang-Kou Altepetl Chantli campa Nochantiacah by Jia You

Song-Zhang-Kou Altepetl Chantli campa Nochantiacah by Jia You is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli in Calchihualiztli ihuan Caltlalli Tequitl Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

TepoztliCaltlalli· 2021

Song-Zhang-Kou Altepetl Chantli campa Nochantiacah

by Jia You

Client: Bluetown Architects

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli Winner in Caltlalli Category

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The Design

About Song-Zhang-Kou Altepetl Chantli campa Nochantiacah

Song-Zhang-Kou ce altepetl chantli tlatzintli in Siyang, Jiangsu, China. In tlanamiquiliztli tequipanoa inhuan huehuetque tlacah huan quipiya axcanah patiyoh tlachihualiztli. In calmeh mocentlaliah ipan cempohualli huan chicuei altepetl yollotl, tlein tequitih quen tlacenmanaloyan inhuan cehuanyolqueh. Ceceyaca chantli quipiya iaxca ithualli tlein monequi para quiltoctli, tlapachohcan huan tonaltimaloliztli. In neztoc mopatlac itech huehcauh Ipan Ixco Jiangsu tlachihualiztli, ica tepehualiztli iztac tepamitl huan tlilehqueh xochicualli tlapechtli, moyolic mochiuh ipampa in tomin. Tonaltlanextlapechtli mocahua ipan nochi calli.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli

Song-Zhang-Kou Altepetl Chantli campa Nochantiacah ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Tepoztli, tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in cualli dizayno in quitlalia in tlen monequi ipan tequitl ihuan tlachihualiztli in quimaca in cualli tlachihualli. In quicuicah Tepoztli quinextia in hueyi tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ihuelitiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Song-Zhang-Kou Altepetl Chantli campa Nochantiacah ca tlazohtli, mahuiztic, yancuic ihuan motequiuhtia. Ni dizayno in quicuic Tepoztli quihuelitia in tlamatiliztli ihuan quipia chicahualiztli tlen tepoztli. Song-Zhang-Kou Altepetl Chantli campa Nochantiacah quicualtia in nemiliztli ihuan quihuelitia in cemanahuac ica cualli.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Song-Zhang-Kou New Rural Housing is in Siyan, a relatively backward town in North Jiangsu Province. This community was merged by 3 former villages which were aggravated hollowed in the rapid rural-urban transformation background. As a demonstration of new rural housing development, Song-Zhang-Kou project is aiming to address two major issues of the current rural community in China: preserve the collective lifestyle for the elderly population and keep a small budget for improvement.
To meet the future tenants’ special needs of daily routine, our design team started with living locally and immersed in their daily life. Then convert their raw demands including large storage and courtyard needs, later life habits, bonded neighborhood interaction etc. into the integrated design. Thus, in the final construction outcome, housing orientation follows organic village context. Clustered housing allows public ‘village cores’ formed in variety sizes. Those 16 ‘village cores’ serve as community facilities, creating various possibilities of vital traditional street life for neighbors, typical private courtyard layout serves as enclosed space for veggie garden and sun-cure habit, extends indoor and outdoor interaction within family, forms a pleasant and relaxing living experience.
‘All aspects in Architecture Design matter’. We are proud to present this practice as it not only provides over 600 tenants an affordable and pleasant new home, but also considers improving the rural residents’ well being as well as the new rural community’s outlook.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site: 365,333 sq m (3,932,419 sq ft)
Building Area: 56,510 sq m (608,268 sq. ft)
Tags: Rural Housing, Affordable, traditional Chinese Architecture, rural-urban transformation, elderly population, collective lifestyle
Production Technology: Housing style refined from traditional Northern Jiangsu Architecture – layered white gable wall with dark roof tiles. However, the greatest challenge is to achieve a construction cost 70% lower than similar housing, while presenting the same level of aesthetic purpose. After considerable value engineering, traditional details get simplified; complicated decor replaced by contrast color-coated module; the beauty of hipped and gable roofing outline remained but type of roof tiles are standardized; door & window proportion calculated to support the best ventilation, natural lighting and views; solar panels added to all unit to eliminate the safety hazard of using tradition firewood stove.
Design Challenge: Preserve the collective lifestyle for the elderly population and keep a small budget for improvement.
Inspiration: The cluster house grouping creates various village cores to give possibilities for neighborhood bonding; individual courtyard serves as private space for veggie garden, storage and sun-cure habit; housing style refined from traditional Northern Jiangsu Architecture and simplified to meet the budget.
Project Duration: Design Year: 2018
Built Year: 2020.05
Location: Siyang, Jiangsu, China
Operation Flow: To preserve the collective lifestyle for the major elderly population, our design team started with living locally and immersed in their daily life. Then convert their raw demands including large storage and courtyard needs, later life habits, bonded neighborhood interaction etc. into the integrated design. Thus, in the final construction outcome, the cluster house grouping creates various village cores to give possibilities for neighborhood bonding; individual courtyard serves as private space for veggie garden, storage and sun-cure habit; housing style refined from traditional Northern Jiangsu Architecture - layered white gable wall with dark roof tiles - and simplified to meet the budget.
Team Members: Jia You, Bin He, Sihang Wu, Haibo Qiu, Qimin Gao
Image Credits: Design: Bluetown Architects
Photo Credit: Zhi-Yi Studio