We created Ke Yuan (Ke Garden), home for the descendants of the He Family, with “Ke” indicating something worth having. Remote village houses are faintly visible in a distance, while curvy smoke rise quietly and gently into the sky. Old streets and winding alleys, towering banyan trees, black tiles and white walls, and grey tile pavement. The past and the present are woven into the crisscross of time. For thousands of years, the world has been changing, yet people here still live a relaxed and unhurried life, soothing the restless hearts in the bustling life. The Chinese character 「园」 was written as 「園」in ancient times, with a small 「口」 inside, meaning a pool. No garden can be truly called a garden without water, which injects life into the garden and makes it a true 「家園(home)」. The sunken parlor on the first floor encloses a comfortable and cozy space. Outside the parlor are western and Chinese kitchens and the restroom.On the second floor is a suite for the elderly and an open-style study. Rooms for the brother and the sister are symmetrically provided on the third floor, with restrooms of mortise-and-tenon geometry placed in between. The entire fourth floor is for the master bedroom suite, including study and pantry. The rooftop provides a void space for leisure and gathering. In the third and fourth floors, the terrace-backwards lighting design was adopted. Through the inner-back skylights on second and third floors, the light can reach the bottom of the house, thus making "Sishui Guitang" (The unique layout of traditional Chinese houses which demonstrates the great intelligence of “Nature and Man in One”. ) a reality, which was valued by ancient Chinese people. The properties of objects are highlighted to bring out the pure beauty and acquire symbols of distinctive Lingnan memory. This means returning to the intuitive and keen sensibility of objects, just like the poetic touch of light, the melodies of the babbling raindrops, the imagination about life at the smell of tea, and the warm feeling at the sight of dim morning light. The staircases, as key elements of the building, wind vertically and horizontally through void and solidness. With elaborated designed spatial density and varied heights of spaces, the major spaces are highlighted and differentiated from the minor ones, creating lively interior spaces of varied levels. The mortise-tenon connection which enjoys a history of over 7000 years plays a key part in ancient buildings. Yet with the advances in technology, it has now faded in architecture, and serves more as a cultural symbol. We refined the traditional mortise-tenon connection to form the skeleton of the whole building, Along the building skeleton comprising the mortise and tenon, lighting system is concealed and installed, enabling new functions of mortise and tenon and conveying the inherent oriental complex in spaces.
The Home for Martial Arts
PONE Architecture
Bronze

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Richard Parr
Founder
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William Barrington-Binns
Director of Photography
at WBB & Co.
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7.25

Anastasia Karandinou
Architect, Senior Lecturer
at University of East London
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Jasper Blüm
Senior Designer
at Colliers
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6.75

Bret Recor
Founder & Creative Director
at Box Clever
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6.5

Corien Pompe
Chairman and Founder
at Donna e Mobile
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6
4
5.25

Chen Xiaohu
Cofounder and Brand Director
at BloomDesign
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6
5
6
5.5

Li Baolong
Cofounder and Creative Director
at BloomDesign
6
7
6
6
6.25

Jason Traves
Chief Creative Officer
at Lucky Fox
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7
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5
6

Johnny Chiu
Founder
at J.C. Architecture
6
7
7
6
6.5

Joanna van der Linden
Global Retail Identity & Design Manager
at Nestlé Nespresso
6
8
7
2
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Stefano Giussani
CEO
at Lissoni New York
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Completion
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