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Little House by Dayan Lake

Little House by Dayan Lake
north view. Image © Qingshan Wu

LITTLE HOUSE BY DAYAN LAKE

All Studio

LOCATION
Huzhou, China

CATEGORY
Houses, Community

AREA
111 m²

ARCHITECTS
All Studio

YEAR
2020

PHOTOGRAPHS
Qingshan Wu, Shiqi Li

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Shiqi Li

CLIENT
HUATENG Co.,Ltd.

DESIGN TEAM
Shiqi Li, Lei Jin, Mengjiang Ai

ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPE
ALL STUDIO

ENGINEERING
All Studio

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
All Studio

Little House by Dayan Lake
view the lake from the courtyard. Image © Qingshan Wu

Text description provided by architect.

Earlier in this year, ALL Studio was asked by HUATENG Co.,Ltd. to design a dormitory in Anji.The project is located in the northwest of Dayan lake, facing the road leading to the nearby village in the northeast side.

Little House by Dayan Lake
aerial view. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
southeast facade. Image © Qingshan Wu

The building is required by the client to be used for accommodation, as well as contain space for public activities.

Due to the abundant natural resources on the north side of the project, compared with the original building with its back facing to Dayan Lake, we consider that the relationship between the new building and Dayan Lake should be closer.

Little House by Dayan Lake
view the house from the dock. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
eave. Image © Qingshan Wu

In the layout of the new building, the main elevation of the building faces to the East. There is a long corridor facing Dayan Lake in the courtyard.

Little House by Dayan Lake
trees and the corridor. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
reserved tree in the courtyard. Image © Qingshan Wu

A row of Metasequoia reserved from the original site is located between the yard and lake.

Little House by Dayan Lake
toilet and trees. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
villagers in the courtyard. Image © Qingshan Wu

The steel columns of the corridor and Metasequoia together form a structure of frame in front of the waterscape. Through the corridor, people can reach the small quay by Dayan Lake.

In the design, the building and yard are divided into two areas with different materials: cement field and red brick yard. There is a slightly higher platform between the entrance field and thelake, which indicates that the area’s property for pause and stay.

Little House by Dayan Lake
courtyard details. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
courtyard for public activities. Image © Qingshan Wu

There is a slightly higher platform between the entrance field and thelake, which indicates that the area’s property for pause and stay.

There are several space elements in the site, include “building”, “corridor”, “toilet”, “terrace”. Among the space elements, there is an independent toilet, which is located by the Dayan Lake.

Little House by Dayan Lake
the courtyard and the house. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
main entrance. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
entrance. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
the corridor and the house. Image © Qingshan Wu

It is the onlyspace made of concrete in the project and it’s the core of the red brick yard. The height of the window is related to the height when people use the toilet.

At the same time, the rotation of the building to the west side makes people see the mountains on the opposite bank when people sitting down. The washbasin of the toilet is set outside of the building, and the concrete cantilever canopy emphasizes the dynamic relationship when people coming out of the toilet to the way of washhands.

Little House by Dayan Lake
details. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
details. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
the lake and the toilet. Image © Qingshan Wu

The movement of washing hands faces to the waterscape, and the relationship between people and nature reappears at this time.

Cause the low-budget of the project, we hope to retain and maximize the use of natural resources in the site. In the whole design, basic building materials are used, such as: cement floor, wall painting, color steel roofing, red brick, etc.

Little House by Dayan Lake
light and shadow of the brick wall. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
toilet and corridor. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
view the courtyard from the room. Image © Qingshan Wu

 The design retains the original trees in the sitecompletely, and integrates the reserve plants into the landscape system of the project through terrain connection and sight relationship processing.


Little House by Dayan Lake
view the house from the other side of the lake. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
the house and surrounding environment. Image © Qingshan Wu
Little House by Dayan Lake
reserved landscape. Image © Qingshan Wu


Little House by Dayan Lake
concept sketch_courtyard
Little House by Dayan Lake
concept sketch_toilet


Little House by Dayan Lake
site plan
Little House by Dayan Lake
1F plan


Little House by Dayan Lake
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