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The latticed façade of a rural weaving museum echoes the region’s looming past

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Rather than camouflaging the building's juxtaposition against Songzhuang Village's traditional rammed-earth houses, the architects amplify the contrast deliberately. - Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Humble materials and gentle gestures are a far cry from Team_Bldg’s design for The Quartet – Songzhuang Z Museum. - Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Instead of pretending a 1990s concrete box seamlessly blends into centuries-old vernacular architecture, Team_Bldg wraps it in a striking lattice of red-and-white aluminium tubes. - Jonathan Leijonhufvud

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GongHe Architecture Design Group Co., Ltd.
Floor Area
472 s-qm

A 1990s brick-and-concrete house is reborn as China's first contemporary rural art museum, a bold contrast to the backdrop of a 600-year-old village. 

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