![A House Near the Great Wall / Jin Lei - Beam, Column, Deck](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b32/3308/f197/cc88/af00/0580/newsletter/%E5%9B%BE05-%E7%AB%8B%E9%9D%A2%E5%8F%AF%E8%B0%83%E8%8A%82%E7%9A%84%E6%A0%BC%E6%A0%85%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F-Adjustable_grating.jpg?1530016508)
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Architects: Jin Lei
- Area: 229 m²
- Year: 2018
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Photographs:Bohong Zhai, Lei Jin
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Text description provided by the architects. The building is located in the small mountain village in northern China, The village used to be a military town in Ming and Qing dynasty, a part of Great Wall is also in these village. Our site is at the foot of the Great Wall, at the top of the village.
![A House Near the Great Wall / Jin Lei - Stairs](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b32/3394/f197/cc88/af00/0586/newsletter/%E5%9B%BE03-%E5%8C%80%E8%B4%A8%E7%9A%84%E7%AB%8B%E9%9D%A2%E8%B0%8B%E6%B1%82%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91%E6%B6%88%E9%9A%90%E4%BA%8E%E6%9D%91%E8%90%BD-elevation_of_new_building.jpg?1530016649)
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![A House Near the Great Wall / Jin Lei - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b32/34bc/f197/cc88/af00/058f/newsletter/%E5%9B%BE13-%E4%BF%AE%E5%A4%8D%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%A0%E7%BB%9F%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91%E4%B8%8E%E6%96%B0%E5%BB%BA%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91%E9%9D%A2%E5%AF%B9%E9%9D%A2-new_and_old_face_to_face.jpg?1530016945)
The old house was built in 1980s, Which we decided to keep, The old house in the middle of the site, only a few meters from the Great Wall, and 10 meters from the south side. This brings difficult for the modification.
![A House Near the Great Wall / Jin Lei - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b32/355e/f197/cc67/3400/029e/newsletter/%E5%9B%BE20-%E4%B8%8D%E5%90%8C%E5%B1%82%E6%AC%A1%E7%9A%84%E6%9E%84%E7%AD%91%E7%89%A9-house_close_to_the_Great_Wall.jpg?1530017107)
It's hard to put a new house and a new yard in 10 meters, if we can do that, we also lost landscape advantages from the high ground. So we decided to design a side - leaking yard to solve the problem.
![A House Near the Great Wall / Jin Lei - Facade, Windows, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b32/34f4/f197/cc67/3400/029b/newsletter/%E5%9B%BE15-%E6%96%B0%E5%BB%BA%E5%BB%BA%E7%AD%91%E8%BD%AC%E6%8A%98%E5%A4%84-Corner_of_the_building.jpg?1530017001)
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![A House Near the Great Wall / Jin Lei - Table, Beam, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b32/35ae/f197/cc88/af00/0595/newsletter/%E5%9B%BE25-%E5%AE%A2%E5%8E%85%E5%AE%A4%E5%86%85%E8%B5%B7%E5%B1%85%E7%A9%BA%E9%97%B4-living_room.jpg?1530017187)
The old house has been broken, need to repair, We repair it in a traditional way, only to change a little bit of detail. The space between the old house and the Great Wall is used as a toilet, which has a glass roof.'
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We build a new house within 10 meters of the south side of the old house. Between the old house and the new house, a new courtyard has emerged. This courtyard opens in the special place, which we call it a “open pavilion”, it has the best view overlooking the village.
![A House Near the Great Wall / Jin Lei - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b32/3470/f197/cc88/af00/058d/newsletter/%E5%9B%BE11-%E5%86%85%E9%83%A8%E9%99%A2%E8%90%BD-courtyard_view.jpg?1530016869)
The elevation of the new house is covered by grille, this adjustable grille system also provide a transition zone between traditional villages and new house.
![A House Near the Great Wall / Jin Lei - Windows, Brick, Facade, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b32/33af/f197/cc88/af00/0587/newsletter/%E5%9B%BE04-%E9%99%A2%E8%90%BD%E4%B8%80%E8%A7%92%E5%90%91%E6%9D%91%E8%90%BD%E5%BC%80%E6%94%BE%E5%BD%A2%E6%88%90%E5%A4%9A%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%AE%A4%E5%A4%96%E7%A9%BA%E9%97%B4-the_courtyard_link_to_the__village.jpg?1530016676)