BBK35
Hospitality project
BBK35 is a hospitality project located in a traditional Chinese courtyard house in BaBoukon Hutong, Beijing. Siheyuan is a fundamental component of traditional Chinese building typologies. It grows and transforms into variety ways that evolved before and after the China Revolution. It reflects the typical Chinese pattern of building and hierarchical level of thought, and the theory of yin and yang. The key elements of the Five Phases were applied to create a narrative of the traditional family atmosphere in the space. It is a mixture of historical remnants and contemporary culture.
iF Gold Statement
This small intervention in a traditional Siheyuan house offers accessibility not only to an existing basement, but also to the history of the place itself. New architectural interventions often seem to translate the structural and formal logic of the existing structure yet frame it with a contrasting approach and a consistent contemporary abstraction. Lines not only connect interior and exterior spaces, but also new and old, public and private areas of the guest house.
Date of Launch
2016
Development Time
up to 12 months
Target Regions
Asia, Europe, North America
Target Groups
Consumer / User