The country shop is located in the village entrance. The program tried to restore the traditional Chinese "village entrace" space by converting an old house into a public space, hoping to use some traditional arrangements and construction methods to reshape the publicity of the village. In the traditional villages, the entrance was the division of country and nature, which undertook functions of signs , separation, traffic organization, leisuring and gathering.

© Hou Bowen - Zhou Ling

Architects: ZHOU Ling Design Studio

Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Chief Designer: ZHOU Ling

Design Team?: Qiu Gao Ying, Yin Yi, Wu Shi Jia, Quan Ping, Wu Chao Nan

Site Area: 668 m2

Area: 150.68 m2
Project Year: 09/2014? 06/2015

Photographs: Hou Bowen - Zhou Ling

© Hou Bowen - Zhou Ling

From the architect. The country shop is located in the village entrance. The program tried to restore the traditional Chinese "village entrace" space by converting an old house into a public space, hoping to use some traditional arrangements and construction methods to reshape the publicity of the village. In the traditional villages, the entrance was the division of country and nature, which undertook functions of signs , separation, traffic organization, leisuring and gathering.

© Hou Bowen - Zhou Ling

Usually the village entrance should have a big tree, a pavilion, a...