Located in the core of the historic town of Suzhou, China, the site covers about 2,500 sqm, once was the residence of family Bei. The traditional Chinese garden consists of four ancient wooden structure architectures with courtyards built in the Qing Dynasty, dating back over a hundred year of history, and other four buildings built in the 90s of concrete structure. The renovation project aims to transform the historical house into a modern apartment.

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Architects: B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio

Location: No29 Jinli Road , Gu Su District, Suzhou, China

Lead Architectus: Shuhei Aoyama, Yoko Fujii, Lingzi Liu, Liman Wei, Shiting Zhang, Guang Yang

Area: 2500.0 m2

Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Eiichi Kano

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Text description provided by the architects. Located in the core of the historic town of Suzhou, China, the site covers about 2,500 sqm, once was the residence of family Bei. The traditional Chinese garden consists of four ancient wooden structure architectures with courtyards built in the Qing Dynasty, dating back over a hundred year of history, and other four buildings built in the 90s of concrete structure. The renovation project aims to transform the historical house into a modern apartment.

© Eiichi Kano

© Eiichi Kano

For the renovation of the four old houses, all the original wooden structure is preserved with simple reinforceme...