Villa Jian / CU Office

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Text description provided by the architects. The concept of Villa Jian came from the local architecture word called “Jian”. In the local architecture culture, there was one commonly used for building space base unit that is "Jian", one "Jian" represented a width of about 3.3 m to3.6 m of spatial scale, this word "Jian” not only represented a space base unit, but also strongly linked with the local traditional form of construction. Before going further to the development of the design, the client‘s requirement was to build 11 “Jian”. Thus, there was a given condition of designing a big house with a double-slope roof covering 11 “jian”.According to the needs of the client, the building consisted of main two basic functions: office space and exhibition space, both of the functions were limited to a semi-open private property.