Song-Zhang-Kou গ্রামীণ বাসাबादी by Jia You is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱡᱟᱭᱫᱟᱫ Competition Category.
ᱞᱚᱦᱟᱡᱟᱭᱫᱟᱫ· 2021
Song-Zhang-Kou গ্রামীণ বাসাबादी
by Jia You
Client: Bluetown Architects
A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱡᱟᱭᱫᱟᱫ Category
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About Song-Zhang-Kou গ্রামীণ বাসাबादी
ᱥᱚᱝ-ᱡᱟᱝ-ᱠᱳ ᱪᱤᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱭᱟᱝᱥᱩ ᱨᱟᱡᱭ, ᱥᱤᱭᱟᱝ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱜᱟᱺᱣᱟᱜ ᱵᱟᱥᱟ ᱠᱚᱢᱩᱱᱤᱴᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ। ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱟᱴ-ᱠᱟᱴ ᱤᱫᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱵᱚᱱᱟᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱠᱚ ᱠᱷᱚᱨᱪ ᱠᱚ ᱴᱷᱤᱠ ᱰᱤᱜᱟᱹᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱷᱤᱨ ᱦᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱤᱫᱤ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ। ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ-ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱦ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱡ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ, ᱚᱠᱟ ᱪᱮᱫᱟᱜ ᱴᱚᱴᱟ ᱴᱩᱴᱩ ᱜᱟᱺᱣ ᱠᱚᱨᱮ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱤᱡᱶᱟᱜ ᱟᱛᱮ ᱠᱩᱲᱤ ᱮᱦᱚᱵᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱟᱛᱟᱨᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ। ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱟᱸᱡᱚᱢ ᱟᱛᱟᱨᱤ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱚᱠᱟ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱟᱨᱟᱲ ᱮᱦᱚᱵ, ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱛᱷᱚᱠᱚ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱹᱛᱟᱣᱚᱜᱼᱟ। ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱨᱮᱡ ᱛᱚᱨᱟᱡᱮᱴ ᱡᱤᱭᱟᱝᱥᱩ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱠᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱟᱫ ᱥᱟᱫ ᱴᱷᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱯᱟᱸᱰᱩᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱚᱛᱮ ᱮᱦᱚᱵ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱸᱰᱤ ᱪᱚᱴᱚᱠ ᱟᱛᱟᱲ ᱠᱟᱴᱴᱤᱡ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱚᱠᱟ ᱵᱟᱡᱮᱴ ᱮᱢ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱥᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱱ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ। ᱚᱠᱚᱭ ᱚᱠᱚᱭ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱳᱞᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱱᱮᱞ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ।
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Song-Zhang-Kou গ্রামীণ বাসাबादी ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Song-Zhang-Kou গ্রামীণ বাসাबादी ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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
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