TIANGANG SEED COURTYARD

Tiangang, Hebei, China
2020
Yushui Lake renovation project finalist
under construction

The Seed Courtyard is a village house renovation project for the Japanese jewelry and ikebana master Oki Agawa. Inspired by strength of stone and fragility of flowers, we created a new living and workshop space by inverting the traditional village coutyard.

Having the least favorable location, squeezed by neighboring houses, our design gets new dimension by creating a wide rooftop public space. Our reconstruction principles rely on local history and materials, minimal intervention to existing structure, improvisation and participation.

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From the seed courtyard, let the art spread in every corner of Tiangang!