Song-Zhang-Kou
Rural Housing for Bluetown Architects
Song-Zhang-Kou New Rural Housing is aiming to address two major issues of the current rural community in China: preserve the collective lifestyle for a large elderly population and keep a minimal budget for improvement. The cluster house grouping gives possibilities for neighborhood bonding; individual courtyard serves for storage and sun-cure habit; housing style refined from traditional Northern Jiangsu Architecture and simplified to meet the budget. This practice is dedicated to improving the rural residents’ well-being as well as the new rural community's outlook.
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Song-Zhang-Kou New Rural Housing is in Siyan, a relatively backward town in North Jiangsu Province. This community was merged by 3 former villages which were aggravated hollowed in the rapid rural-urban transformation background. As a demonstration of new rural housing development, Song-Zhang-Kou project is aiming to address two major issues of the current rural community in China: preserve the collective lifestyle for the elderly population and keep a small budget for improvement. To meet the future tenants’ special needs of daily routine, our design team started with living locally and immersed in their daily life. Then convert their raw demands including large storage and courtyard needs, later life habits, bonded neighborhood interaction etc. into the integrated design. Thus, in the final construction outcome, housing orientation follows organic village context. Clustered housing allows public ‘village cores’ formed in variety sizes. Those 16 ‘village cores’ serve as community facilities, creating various possibilities of vital traditional street life for neighbors, typical private courtyard layout serves as enclosed space for veggie garden and sun-cure habit, extends indoor and outdoor interaction within family, forms a pleasant and relaxing living experience. ‘All aspects in Architecture Design matter’. We are proud to present this practice as it not only provides over 600 tenants an affordable and pleasant new home, but also considers improving the rural residents’ well being as well as the new rural community’s outlook.
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Rural Housing, Affordable, traditional Chinese Architecture, rural-urban transformation, elderly population, collective lifestyle
Production Technology
Housing style refined from traditional Northern Jiangsu Architecture – layered white gable wall with dark roof tiles. However, the greatest challenge is to achieve a construction cost 70% lower than similar housing, while presenting the same level of aesthetic purpose. After considerable value engineering, traditional details get simplified; complicated decor replaced by contrast color-coated module; the beauty of hipped and gable roofing outline remained but type of roof tiles are standardized; door & window proportion calculated to support the best ventilation, natural lighting and views; solar panels added to all unit to eliminate the safety hazard of using tradition firewood stove.
Design Challenge
Preserve the collective lifestyle for the elderly population and keep a small budget for improvement.
Project Duration
Design Year: 2018 Built Year: 2020.05 Location: Siyang, Jiangsu, China
Operation Flow
To preserve the collective lifestyle for the major elderly population, our design team started with living locally and immersed in their daily life. Then convert their raw demands including large storage and courtyard needs, later life habits, bonded neighborhood interaction etc. into the integrated design. Thus, in the final construction outcome, the cluster house grouping creates various village cores to give possibilities for neighborhood bonding; individual courtyard serves as private space for veggie garden, storage and sun-cure habit; housing style refined from traditional Northern Jiangsu Architecture - layered white gable wall with dark roof tiles - and simplified to meet the budget.
Inspiration
The cluster house grouping creates various village cores to give possibilities for neighborhood bonding; individual courtyard serves as private space for veggie garden, storage and sun-cure habit; housing style refined from traditional Northern Jiangsu Architecture and simplified to meet the budget.
Image Credits
Design: Bluetown Architects Photo Credit: Zhi-Yi Studio
Project Overview
Song-Zhang-Kou Rural Housing has been a Iron winner in the Construction and Real Estate Projects Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Iron Recognition
Bluetown Architects Co., Ltd. was recognized with the coveted Iron A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Song-Zhang-Kou Rural Housing.
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Song-Zhang-Kou: A New Approach to Rural Housing Design
Bluetown Architects Co., Ltd. introduces Song-Zhang-Kou, a rural housing project in Siyang, Jiangsu, China, addressing the collective lifestyle for the elderly and budget constraints.
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