Jie, a friend of the architect,  previously engaged in the production of hand modeling. In recent years, the construction industry downturn affected his work, so Jie intended to build a house in his hometown with the money saved over the years. 

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Architects: Atelier KAI Architects

Location: Chongyang, Xianning, Hubei, China

Architect In Charge: Xie Kai

Design Team: Liu Xingang, Wen Liang, Su Cong

Area: 270.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: A Duo

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Jie, a friend of the architect,  previously engaged in the production of hand modeling. In recent years, the construction industry downturn affected his work, so Jie intended to build a house in his hometown with the money saved over the years. 
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Jie's hometown is a village on the edge of Xianning, Hubei. Gang xia Jie Cun, as the name suggests, is s single surname village. Village has hundred-year-old history,  where all of people surnamed Jie. Single surname is common in the south village. Kitchen God is seated in the entrance to a village. Ancestral hall is in the center of the villige. The ancient rural social system of this farming civilization has been preserved till now.

Situation

Jie refused to move to the neighboring town to live in the building. He love the place where he grew up. It is co...