Project name: Hall Within Cloud
Location: Huairou, Beijing
Site area: 1,200sqm
Building area: 800sqm
Design company: officePROJECT
The brief: Painter, author and calligrapher Xu Hongquan wanted to turn an old factory building into a studio space and future home. His requirements included two studios, a tea room, bedroom and a study room – a typical configuration for an artist’s studio.
The existing triangular steel roof trusses were in good condition – they were kept and repainted.
People move from one room to another through corner openings that form “visual corridors” through the building.
Trained in both Eastern and Western traditions, Xu Hongquan required both an oil painting room and a traditional painting room. The two studios were designed to produce different atmospheres for the two artistic styles.
The sloped roof contains what was once the factory’s office. Now glass panels fill the building with sunlight.
Images by Sun Haiting
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