The Vernacular Architecture Evolution of Naya / ZSYZ Studio

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Balancing between old and new
Naya village, located in Hainan, said to be established at 1600s.The eruption of ancient volcanos at the 4th century generated the fertile land and volcanic rocks which are ingeniously adopted by local craftsmen to create a featuring built environment. ‘Ten post house’, the local traditional settlement: “skeleton”, the typical wood structure type of Chuandou houses, widely distributed in South China, are kept, while black “skin” is gifted by the local thick volcanic rock external walls, a great contributor to the thermal insulation. However, caught in between the fast expansion of urbanization, villages all left hollow to ruins.Wood structures are all rotten inside the six houses in the east end of the village, leaving only ruined external walls.