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Architects: Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
- Area: 160 m²
- Year: 2010
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Photographs:Jeremy San
![No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong / Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects - Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5438/8809/c07a/801f/e700/007d/newsletter/_MG_0673a_for_retina_display.jpg?1412990960)
Text description provided by the architects. The project calls for the renovation of a small courtyard house in Guan Shu Yuan Hutong, Beijing, which is located between the famed Yonghe Tibetan Temple and the historical Im- perial Academy.
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The client is an art collector from Shanghai, whose wish is to reinvent this “pocket-house” into a gallery with a “Shanghai ambiance” for his ceramic art works.
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Design starts with two parallel aspects: On the one hand, to infill a series of copper-plated steel display windows and veneered wood dis- play shelves within the original wooden frames of the house, thus creating an integrated con- trast of tradition and modernity.
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On the other hand, to recreate a courtyard reminiscent of the Jiangnan (south of Yangzi) regionalist expres- sion and articulation.
![No. 18 Guan Shu Yuan Hutong / Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects - Windows, Door, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5438/8763/c07a/8076/2d00/0047/newsletter/_MG_0570a_for_retina_display.jpg?1412990798)