Traditional House of the Future / Lidia Ratoi + John Lin

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Guiyang, China
  • Design Team: Lidia Ratoi, John Lin / The University of Hong Kong
  • On Site 3 D Printing: Professor Weiguo Xu / Tsinghua University
  • Woodworking: Anhai Liu with local carpenters
  • Project Leader: Sun Yi
  • Project Team: Bo Yee Lau (Team leader in Spring 2022), Chau Ka Yee, Priscilla Chi Kar Yee, Osten Chan Chun Ngok, Mengyan Wang, Jenny Hsiao and Year 2 students HKU
  • On Site Team: Chengwei Sun, Xiayu Zhao, Hanyang Hu
  • Documentation: Rui Rui Deng, Motong Yang, Chang Liu
  • City: Guiyang
  • Country: China
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Text description provided by the architects. Traditional House of the Future is a prototype encapsulating the realities of a rapidly changing lifestyle, at the intersection between traditional and modern, neither rural nor urban.

Traditional House of the Future / Lidia Ratoi + John Lin - Exterior Photography
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The project proposes strategies for recycling and revitalizing vernacular houses, following up research on how self-builders are transforming their own houses as a response to the urbanization of rural China.

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The research demonstrates the necessity to evolve and adapt the traditional wooden house, incorporating modern amenities with flexible spatial organizations resulting from changes in livelihood. The project is part of a government plan in Nanlong Village, Guizhou Province, China, where hundreds of wooden houses are dilapidated and abandoned.

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Traditional House of the Future / Lidia Ratoi + John Lin - Interior Photography, Windows, Chair
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It proposes a participatory framework for design and construction that combines robotic on-site printing and traditional wood craftsmanship. Chinese traditional houses are built in such a way that they can be dismantled in a single day.

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The original house was scanned, and robotically printed walls were customized to incorporate the original structure, making it possible to design new spaces: planting, entrance courtyard, skylight, balcony, kitchen, and bathrooms.

Traditional House of the Future / Lidia Ratoi + John Lin - Exterior Photography
© Rui Rui Deng, Motong Yang, Chang Liu
Traditional House of the Future / Lidia Ratoi + John Lin - Exterior Photography, Windows, Garden
© Rui Rui Deng, Motong Yang, Chang Liu

Local villagers dismantled and reconditioned the original structure, and once the walls were 3D printed, they were able to recycle and reassemble it into the new house.

Traditional House of the Future / Lidia Ratoi + John Lin - Interior Photography
© Rui Rui Deng, Motong Yang, Chang Liu
Traditional House of the Future / Lidia Ratoi + John Lin - Exterior Photography
© Rui Rui Deng, Motong Yang, Chang Liu

The project questions how technology can act as a social potentiator and become a means to strengthen local and cultural building practices. Considering the existing built fabric as a “new nature”, which cannot be altered and therefore requires adaptation, the process touches upon key areas of sustainability: social, technological, and cultural.

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Cite: "Traditional House of the Future / Lidia Ratoi + John Lin" 14 Jun 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1002291/traditional-house-of-the-future-lidia-ratoi-plus-john-lin> ISSN 0719-8884

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