Baochao Hutong ᱢᱩᱞ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱪᱚᱛᱟᱨᱟᱹ ᱵᱷᱮᱸᱡᱟᱣ ᱨᱮᱱᱚᱣᱮᱥᱚᱱ by Daga Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ, ᱤᱢᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱲᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ· 2022
Baochao Hutong ᱢᱩᱞ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱪᱚᱛᱟᱨᱟᱹ ᱵᱷᱮᱸᱡᱟᱣ ᱨᱮᱱᱚᱣᱮᱥᱚᱱ
Client: DAGA Architects
A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ Category
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The Design
About Baochao Hutong ᱢᱩᱞ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱪᱚᱛᱟᱨᱟᱹ ᱵᱷᱮᱸᱡᱟᱣ ᱨᱮᱱᱚᱣᱮᱥᱚᱱ
ᱵᱟᱣᱪᱟᱣ ᱦᱩᱴᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱮᱡᱤᱝ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱦᱩᱴᱚᱝ ᱡᱟᱜᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱨᱮᱱᱚᱣᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱦᱚᱪᱚ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱪᱚᱛᱟᱨᱟᱹ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱪᱚᱛᱟᱨᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱦᱤᱥᱟᱹᱵ ᱛᱮ ᱑᱒ ᱵᱚᱨᱜ ᱢᱤᱴᱟᱨ ᱢᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱡᱤᱞᱤᱧ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱴᱮᱡ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱪᱚᱛᱟᱨᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱸᱴᱷᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱟᱸᱪ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱡᱚᱠᱟᱣ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱧ ᱡᱟᱜᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱚᱰᱚᱠ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱚᱨᱮᱱ ᱨᱟᱦᱟ, ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱡᱚᱠᱟᱣ ᱵᱟᱨᱟᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱨᱟᱸᱲᱟᱜ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱟᱠᱟᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱜᱚᱲᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱦᱚᱪᱚ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱡᱚ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱟᱸᱪ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱨᱚ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱫᱮᱠᱷᱟᱣ ᱡᱚ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱮᱛᱟᱜ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱟᱜᱩ ᱮᱫᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱚᱛᱟᱨᱟᱹ ᱡᱚᱠᱷᱟ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱭ ᱮᱫᱟ ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Baochao Hutong ᱢᱩᱞ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱪᱚᱛᱟᱨᱟᱹ ᱵᱷᱮᱸᱡᱟᱣ ᱨᱮᱱᱚᱣᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Baochao Hutong ᱢᱩᱞ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ: ᱪᱚᱛᱟᱨᱟᱹ ᱵᱷᱮᱸᱡᱟᱣ ᱨᱮᱱᱚᱣᱮᱥᱚᱱ 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
- This courtyard is located in the Beijing Hutong area with an area of 12 sqm. Mirror glass is used on the ground and walls of the yard. When the owner steps into the door, she will be surrounded by the perspective effect of specular reflection, which increases the permeability of the space and gives people a double landscape experience. The unique reflectivity of the mirror allows the surrounding hutongs, trees, and sky to be reflected on the ground of the yard, which brings more possibilities to space.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 7750mm x Depth 13400mm x Height 240mm
Since this is an L-shape project, the floor area is the result of
7750mm x 13400mm minor the result of 4670mm x 6820mm. - Tags
- Architecture, Renovation, Interior Design, Courtyard, Transparent, DAGA
- Production Technology
- Mirror glass is mainly used for the ground and wall part of the yard. The unique reflectivity of the material can make the surrounding hutongs, trees and sky map to the ground of the yard, bringing more possibilities to the space. Since the small courtyard is only about 12 ㎡ with a long and narrow shape. The glass mirrors of the ground and walls enlarge the area of the courtyard visually. When the owner steps into the door, she will be surrounded by the perspective effect of specular reflection. In the transformation, the dis-repaired wooden structure has been strengthened, and the facade has been changed into the form of glass curtain wall. The transparent curtain wall added day-lighting to the interior space, allowing the line of sight to penetrate each other on both sides of the courtyard.
- Design Challenge
- The courtyard is really small and narrow with a square of 12㎡, in order to make it visually spacious, mirror glass is used on the ground and walls of the yard. The unique reflectivity of the material allows the surrounding hutongs, trees, and sky to be reflected on the ground of the yard, which brings more possibilities to space. This kind of interaction between virtual and reality is more prominent. People in the scene, people also in the mirror, in the layered reflection and transparent contrast, give people a sense of space experience like a dream.
- Research
- Type of Research: Applied research practice
Research Objectives: To explore a design language in a house renovation project in Hutong to bring back memories and histories and connect people and buildings through creating new contrast and integration between people, house and the Hutong community.
Methodology: The core construction method is to use mirror. Mirror glass is used on the ground and walls of the yard in order to accept the environment (hutongs, trees, and sky) into the house. This allows to create and kaleidoscope which means a collection of Greek words such as KALOS (beautiful), EIDOS (shape), and SCOPE (watch)
Data Collection and Research Tools: Data are obtained from client and remeasured. Kaleidoscope is an essential concept for this house. Using mirror and black bricks allows us to express the design concept: reflecting and transparentizing surrounding spaces and local community environments.
Participants or Experiments: DAGA Architects and the client.
Results, Insights and Impacts: A living space suitable for the modern lifestyle has been created, and the life marks of those hutongs that have been awaken. This 'invisible yard' has positively impacted a client and a local hutong community. Most of the buildings in Hutong are old and dilapidated. This house with light and mirror brings new modern features and create new identity, refreshing local residents' memories and history.
Effect of the Research in Real-Life Phenomena: Effect of the research in real life phenomena : Renovating a house in a plot does not mean fixing one architectural building in a community. It needs to be connected with local residents, visitors, and people living around that area. Using mirrors and the existing bricks, this building is naturally placed in the hutong area. The spaces are connected through visibility, lights, and unique materials in Hutong. - Inspiration
- Mirror glass is used on the ground and walls of the yard. The unique reflectivity of the material allows the surrounding hutongs, trees, and sky to be reflected on the ground of the yard, which brings more possibilities to space. This kind of interaction between virtual and reality is more prominent. People in the scene, people also in the mirror, in the layered reflection and transparent contrast, give people a sense of space experience like a dream.
- Project Duration
- The project started in June 15th 2020 and finished in June 29th 2020 in Beijing, took only 14 days.
- Operation Flow
- The design of the mirror gives the building an interesting relationship with its surroundings: the mirrored ground reflects the surrounding environment, and the building is surrounded by trees and sky as if it disappears in the environment. The owner can take a glimpse of the changes in the surrounding environment in the room, and the ground turns into a huge picture, reflecting and changes in nature. At the same time, the mirror also blurs the boundaries of internal and external, blurring the boundary between virtual and real. The scene flowing in the mirror made the yard move, refreshing people's hearts with invisible poetry. People's sight seems to be lost in the unreachable landscape, and the scenery reflected in the mirror is close at hand.
- Team Members
- Design Director: Shen Jianghai
Interior Designer: Li Shaoyi
Decoration Designer: Yu Xiaoyu
Designer: Gao Yuze
Designer: Zeng Yijun
Designer； Liu Yu - Image Credits
- Image #1 : Photographer Jin Weiqi, Baochao Hutong Mirror Yard, 2020.
Image #2 : Photographer Jin Weiqi, Baochao Hutong Mirror Yard, 2020.
Image #3 : Photographer Jin Weiqi, Baochao Hutong Mirror Yard, 2020.
Image #4 : Photographer Jin Weiqi, Baochao Hutong Mirror Yard, 2020.
Image #5 : Photographer Jin Weiqi, Baochao Hutong Mirror Yard, 2020.
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