This is a place for Buddhist mediation, thinking and contemplation, as well as a place satisfying the needs of daily life. The building is located in the forest by the riverside. Along the river, there is a mound, behind which is a great stretch of open field and sporadic vegetable greenhouses. The design started from the connection between the building and nature, adopts the method of earthing to hide the building under the earth mound while presenting the divine temperament of nature with flowing interior space. A place with power of perception where trees, water, Buddha and human coexist is thus created.

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Architects: ARCHSTUDIO

Location: Tangshan, Hebei, China

Architect In Charge: Wenqiang Han

Architectural Design: Zhao Jiang, Xiaoming Li
Area: 169.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Wang Ning, Jin Weiqi

Structural Design : Fuhua Zhang

Water Electricity Design: Baowei Zheng

Photographer: Ning Wang, Weiqi Jin

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From the architect. This is a place for Buddhist mediation, thinking and contemplation, as well as a place satisfying the needs of daily life. The building is located in the forest by the riverside. Along the river, there is a mound, behind which is a great stretch of open field and sporadic vegetable greenhouses. The design started from the connection between the building and nature, adopts the me...