Oil Workshop

Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang

OIL WORKSHOP

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ARCHITECTS
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AREA
920 m²

YEAR
2018

CATEGORY
Workshop

PHOTOGRAPHS
Ziling Wang

LIGHTING DESIGN
Zhang Xin Studio, Architecture Department of Tsinghua University

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Tiantian Xu

LOCATION
Lishui, China

CLIENT
People's Government of Dadong Ba Town, Songyang County, People's Government of Dadong Ba Town, Songyang County

Text description provided by architect.

Hengzhang Village is located in Dadongba Town, Songyang County. The village has a long history and preserves lots of cultural relics and historical sites. The old oil workshop at the village entrance was built over one hundred years ago.

Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang

This traditional wooden structure & rammed-earth wall building sits on a sunken site next to a creek, houses a water-powered trip-hammer, two sets of wooden oil expeller, a corner kitchen and a mezzanine lounge.

The Workshop also served as a shared milling facility for villagers but has been abandoned for decades.

Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang

In October 2017, an extension plan has been programmed to reutilize the oil workshop as production and leisure space for both the village community and tourists, and also as an architectural acupuncture strategy to revitalize this traditional village.

The extension started by preserving the main building and the interior wooden machinery.

The program also expanded out to a kitchen and a packing space on the side, and a leisure pavilion with viewing platform by the creek.

Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang

These new additions are traditional “Mortise and Tenon” wooden structure, and wrapped by masonry walls to create a continuous landscape with the terrace fields and the creek.

The articulation of roof system not only creates a roof-scape of different functions, but also introduces natural light into each space.

The construction is done by local building material and technique. This allows building to fit with both context and limited acupunctural budget。

Oil Workshop
night view. Image © Ziling Wang


Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
© Ziling Wang
Oil Workshop
night view. Image © Ziling Wang


Oil Workshop
GF plan
Oil Workshop
2F plan


Oil Workshop
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Oil Workshop
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Oil Workshop
elevation