Song-Zhang-Kou Locuințe Rurale by Jia You

Song-Zhang-Kou Locuințe Rurale by Jia You is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Fier in Imobiliare Competition Category.

FierImobiliare· 2021

Song-Zhang-Kou Locuințe Rurale

by Jia You

Client: Bluetown Architects

A' Design Award de Fier Winner in Imobiliare Category

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The Design

About Song-Zhang-Kou Locuințe Rurale

Song-Zhang-Kou este o comunitate de locuințe rurale din Siyang, Jiangsu, China. Proiectul deservește în principal o populație vârstnică și menține costurile de construcție reduse. Casele sunt grupate în ansambluri care formează șaisprezece nuclee de sat, acestea funcționând ca spații comune pentru vecini. Fiecare locuință are o curte privată folosită pentru grădină de legume, depozitare și uscarea la soare. Stilul este rafinat pornind de la arhitectura tradițională din nordul provinciei Jiangsu, cu pereți frontoni albi suprapuși în straturi și țigle de acoperiș în nuanțe închise, simplificate pentru a se încadra în buget. Panouri solare sunt montate pe fiecare unitate locativă.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fier

Song-Zhang-Kou Locuințe Rurale a câștigat A' Design Award de Fier, o recunoaștere prestigioasă acordată designurilor bune care îndeplinesc cerințele profesionale și industriale așteptate de la creații bine concepute. Câștigătorii Fierului demonstrează mare pricepere, înaltă specializare, înțelegere de specialitate și capacitate creativă din partea creatorilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Song-Zhang-Kou Locuințe Rurale să fie o creație foarte apreciată, admirată și prețuită, practică și inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Fier integrează cele mai bune practici din industrie și are caracteristici tehnice competente îmbinate cu know-how și talent. Pentru acuratețea sa, Song-Zhang-Kou Locuințe Rurale merită respect și este conceput pentru a aduce îmbunătățiri ale calității vieții care ajută la facerea lumii un loc mai bun.

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