PIG design restores previous constructing in Hangzhou in distinctive type
Positioned in an previous residential space of Binjiang in Hangzhou, ‘PIG home’ restores a twenty-year-old constructing into PIG design’s workplace. Going through the West Lake, the plot adjoins the financial institution of the Qiantang river and encloses the two-story constructing in a non-public inexperienced backyard. The transformation’s small interventions preserve the unique state of the principle construction with out a lot alteration to the framework. Nonetheless, inserting a number of floor-to-ceiling glass openings reforms the facade adjusting the outside to match the studio’s character, whereas, additionally, connecting the inside and out of doors zones.
Adhering to a sensible practical format, the constructing solely goes by means of minor modifications to realize PIG design’s signature humorousness in non-conformative design. Options just like the odd-shaped entrance resembling a ‘piglet’, the roofing in black pipes imitating a coiffure, or the non-public workplace, ‘furry home’, lined in synthetic fur, full the distinctive look of the ‘PIG home’.
the odd-shaped entrance door resembles a ‘piglet’ | all photos by Qi Shuoqian
PLAYFUL inside decorates in PIG design’s authentic furnishings
The black gravel pavement invitations guests to step into the secluded courtyard, wealthy in greenery, daylight, and water. The panorama design regulates the microclimate cycle constantly. Within the heart of the backyard, a physique of water kinds a rig-shaped shallow pond that distributes 4 big rocks round itself. The indoor zones freely entry the backyard from all instructions. Regarding the inside spatial format, the two-story constructing by PIG design incorporates an workplace, a convention room, a tea room, a eating room, and a workshop space. The studio assembles a gallery-style exhibition organizing disarrayed blocks and displaying voluminous work of sunshine clay. The reception tearoom on the entrance accommodates tables product of stacked uncooked stones, perpetuating the coarse texture of the courtyard. The assembly room kinds one meter beneath the bottom flooring degree exposing a sunken round seating space reflecting the curved ceiling. PIG design’s authentic furnishings adorns the area, whereas black and white function the studio’s main colours. Architect Li Wenqiang’s non-public workplace, ‘furry home’, units up synthetic furs throughout, protecting the partitions, ceiling, and furnishings, as a tribute to the studio’s well-loved cat, named PIG.
minor modifications obtain PIG design’s signature humorousness in non-conformative design
black and white function the studio’s main colours
a sunken round ‘sofa pit’ space displays the curved ceiling
displayed voluminous work of sunshine clay enhance the inside
