Lake Shore Artist Studio

Lake Shore Artist Studio
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Lake Shore Artist Studio

Praxis d’Architecture

AREA
400 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Zhou Ruogu, Praxis D’architecture, Yang Yuguang

LOCATION
Beijing, China

CATEGORY
Offices

CLIENT
Personal

BUDGET
3500rmb / Sqm

STRUCTURE & WALL
Concrete Frame & Cmu Blocks

Interior Finishing :
Gypsum Board With Wall Paint 

TEAM
Liu Xing, Zhang Xiaodong

INTERIOR LIGHTING FIXTURE
Gypsum Board With Wall Paint & Blue Stone Flooring

INTERIOR FINISHING
Gypsum Board With Wall Paint & Blue Stone Flooring

PROJECT ARCHITECT
Di Shaohua

EXTERIOR FINISHIN
Cement Pressure Plate & Wood Deck

STRUCTURE AND WALL
Concrete Frame & Cmu Blocks

The site for this artist studio is on lake shore where the shore starts to turn from west to south. The topography change brought a site condition in which the west and south periphery is 4-6 meter high retaining walls, leaving east open to lake view and north facing the neighbor at immediate adjacency.

Lake Shore Artist Studio
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Lake Shore Artist Studio
©material blue stone plate

Implied by the nature of the site, we sought a piece of architecture that integrates into the topography and becomes landscape.

Conceived as a single storey volume, it is cut in the east and north in such that it makes way for skylight to enter the building and it generates public paths across the building linking the road above and the water below.

Lake Shore Artist Studio
Lake Shore Artist Studio
Lake Shore Artist Studio
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The shape of such volume results in a rich ceiling profile from the inside: the studio is lit by ample sky light, and the lake is seen through a controlled horizontal frame at eye level.

In this project, the generic boundary between roof and façade disappeared; the building opens up to receive light, welcome pedestrians, and renders dynamic views from different directions.

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Lake Shore Artist Studio
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Lake Shore Artist Studio
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Lake Shore Artist Studio
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Lake Shore Artist Studio
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material -CMU block
Lake Shore Artist Studio
wooden material deck