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Brick House

Brick House
© Iwan Baan
Brick House
© Iwan Baan

BRICK HOUSE

AZL Architects

ARCHITECTS
AZL Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Iwan Baan

AREA
580.0 m2

YEAR
2008

LOCATION
Nanjing, China

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Based on local courtyard houses, the design evolved from the interaction of two brick houses with the surrounding landscape.

Brick House
© Iwan Baan
Brick House
© Iwan Baan

Terracotta bricks were made from local clay with local knowledge, composing the structure and façades. Skilled village construction workers very familiar with the medium were able to facilitate the marriage of traditional savoir-faire with new and progressive design.

Three different textures of brick skin make up the façade. An interlocking pattern leaves perforations between bricks, and protruding bricks cast shadows along the wall.

Brick House
© Iwan Baan
Brick House
© Iwan Baan

Windows punctuate the texture, and the brickwork along the edges of these portals further develops abstract geometric relations while remaining loyal to the structural logic.

Relying entirely upon local materials and workers, the project was able to be built for the unusually low budget of 80 euros per square meter.

Brick House
© Iwan Baan
Brick House

The client is a famous poet in China, and invested much time into the process and worked in cooperation with the architect.

Brick House
Brick House
© Iwan Baan


Brick House
© Iwan Baan


Brick House
© Iwan Baan
Brick House
© Iwan Baan
Brick House
© Iwan Baan
Brick House
© Iwan Baan


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Section 02
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Section 05
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Section 03
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Section 06


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First Floor Plan 01
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Second Floor Plan 01
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Site Plan


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First Floor Plan 02
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Second Floor Plan 02


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East Elevation
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West Elevation
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South Elevation

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