The site for this artist studio is on lake shore where the shore starts to turn from west to south. The topography change brought a site condition in which the west and south periphery is 4-6 meter high retaining walls, leaving east open to lake view and north facing the neighbor at immediate adjacency. Implied by the nature of the site, we sought a piece of architecture that integrates into the topography and becomes landscape.

© Zhou Ruogu

Architects: Praxis d?Architecture

Location: Song Zhuang, Beijing, China

Project Architect: Di Shaohua

Team: Liu Xing, Zhang Xiaodong

Area: 400.0 m2

Project Year: 2012

Photographs: Zhou Ruogu, Praxis d?Architecture, Yang Yuguang
Client: Private

Budget: 3500RMB / sqm

Structure & Wall: Concrete frame & CMU blocks

Exterior Finishing: Cement pressure plate & wood deck

Interior Finishing: Gypsum board with wall paint & blue stone flooring

Interior Lighting Fixture: Energy efficient fluorescent tubes

© Praxis d?Architecture

From the architect. The site for this artist studio is on lake shore where the shore starts to turn from west to south. The topography change brought a site condition in which the west and south periphery is 4-6 meter high retaining walls, leaving east open to lake view and north facing the neighbor at immediate adjacency. Implied by the nature of the site, we sought a p...