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Fuzhou Shouxi Building

Fuzhou Shouxi Building

Fuzhou Shouxi Building

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ARCHITECTS
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STATUS
Built

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Fuzhou, China

TYPE
Residential › Apartment

The project is located on a complicated site, in the old city centre of Fuzhou, the capital of the Fujian Province.

Fuzhou Shouxi Building
Fuzhou Shouxi Building

With a Floor Area Ratio of 5,0 and many limiting conditions, a U-shaped floorpan manifested itself as optimum.

The program required 400 apartments of 45-110 m2 in size, which could result in a staggering mass of identical units, to prevent this variety and diversity is created by manipulating the balconies around the building.

Fuzhou Shouxi Building
Fuzhou Shouxi Building

Like the famous local ‘seal-stone’ or ‘shouxi-stone’, the balconies are crafted around the main building volume.

This crafting creates a wide variety of individual apartments, each with their different exterior space.

Fuzhou Shouxi Building
Fuzhou Shouxi Building

On the ground floor, between the U-shaped volume, a collective ‘living-room’ for all inhabitants is created.


Fuzhou Shouxi Building
Fuzhou Shouxi Building

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