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Zhang House

Zhang house is an experimental dwelling in the mountains of eastern China’s Jiangsu province. The house is situated at the base of a steep bamboo forested mountain and is designed around the remnants of a historic timber frame house on existing on the site. The building form envelopes the timber frame structure, acting as a means to protect and enclose it as a treasured part of the site.

The building is cast in concrete, the interior free from any walls or columns, function boxes float within the volume to allow a continuous edge between the facade and interior. The window reveals hint at the thickness of the buildings external walls, highly insulated, structural concrete planes punctured by pure square apertures.