Qingyuan Young Professors’ Club
QINGYUAN YOUNG PROFESSORS’ CLUB
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University
ARCHITECTS
The Architectural Design And Research Institute of Zhejiang University
AREA
620 m²
CATEGORY
Hospitality Architecture, Renovation
YEAR
2017
PHOTOGRAPHS
Zhao Qiang, Zhang Chenfan, Peng Rongbin
WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE ENGINEER
Zhou Xin
CLIENT
The Government of Jiangnan Town, Tonglu County, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Yang Kai, Yang Wenzheng
HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEER
Diao Yuefeng, Sun Biao
LOCATION
Hangzhou, China
STRUCTURE ENGINEER
Jin Jugao, Kan Jianzhong
Text description provided by architect.
The project is constructed from reconstructing the old site of Qingyuan Primary School in Qingyuan Village, Tonglu County, Hangzhou.
The wooden framework and some purlins of school building have been in disrepair;
Two single-floor old school houses arrange simply in shape “L”; the other two sides are walls.
We follow the design principle “repair and maintain the old”: dismantle old and relatively shabby tiles, roof battens and plank sheathings, retain, burnish, process and reinforce large wood beams and purlins, install new plank sheathings, roof battens and tiles.
There are two stone walls with exquisite color and interesting texture which are bare because of the loss of lime plaster indoors.
They are reserved as the background of audio and visual room.
As for side corridor, the shabby purlins and roof boards are replaced by new wooden frameworks and customized hand-knitting curtain.
The sense of order of new pillars and specific gray space feeling endow new expression to the old building in inner yard without losing the original style and memory.
As for the new building in southeast part of the base, it integrates with the eastern scene in open and relieved style.
Facade uses the uniform module whose size is close to that of outside corridor of the old school building.
With completely open glass doors, vision can be transparent as far as possible to make it integrate with remote scene.
We use rectangular modern rusty boards to add a row of frameworks of scenery to the stone walls in the east of the building.
When you watch from the inside, you can feel strong sense of integration from the natural, modern and historical substances.
In the south of the inner yard, the mottled water tower is reserved. An outdoor corridor built on stilts is built for people to turn and look far into the distance.
It is our attitude to reserve simplicity and trueness, strictly treat the relationship with history and dimly settle a new building.
