Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH

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Beijing, China
  • Architects: RENGARCH
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  576
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
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  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Beijing Caishi Floor Tiles, Beijing Jiayu Building Materials, Beijing Yilong Shengxing New Building Materials Co., Ltd.
  • Design Team: Rengran Zhang, Xintong Shi, Yunlong Gao, Wei Zhang, Wenxin Chen
  • Engineering: Wei Zhang
  • Consultants: Huanjun Cheng and his team
  • Client: Beijing Fengshiguangju Tourism Development Co. Ltd.
  • City: Beijing
  • Country: China
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Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH - Exterior Photography, Facade
Self-abased chapel. Image © Xintong Shi

Text description provided by the architects. Starting in 2018, the RENGARCH designed a residential building in Housuotun Village, surrounded by mountains in Yanqing district of Beijing. The site plan included a chapel, a tower of childhood and an accommodation area. Regarded as different time points, the chapel for adults and the tower of childhood coexist on the same space line, metaphorizing the growth in life and bringing a unique memory to the local village.

Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH - Exterior Photography
Mountain and building. Image © Bo Lv

Self-abased Chapel
There is a small hill which commands an overall view of the village, as the chapel inserts into layers of tiles on the rooftop. The chapel, pointed by the arc wall in the center, is actually an architecture inclining to south. With a hole towards south on the top opening a channel, sunlight enters the inner space. Wherever sunshine can reach, so does the rainwater, which slowly slides down along the wall, gathers at the bottom and flows out. The upper and lower openings form a passage for wind. Visitors can contemplate and leave through a low door. The erected wall extends the atmosphere and leads your eyes to the east after a turn. Light, rain, and wind seem to be amplified in a tightly closed space container. The greater sound of rain and wind in the senses, the light and shadow flowing from day to night, make people feel nature, as the article said at the beginning: facing nature, facing yourself.

Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH - Exterior Photography
The chapel and Guanyin Temple on the southern hillside. Image © Xintong Shi
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Tower of Childhood
Different from the experience in the chapel, Tower of Childhood is more like the start point of a story. Like a slide, the tower can be experienced up and down. Below the outdoor stair is a sand pit for playing around. Inside the tower, colorfully painted, is a small world where kids can climb willfully.

Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH - Interior Photography, Stairs, Facade
East view of the Tower of Childhood. Image © Bin Zhang
Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH - Interior Photography
Inner space of the chapel. Image © Bo Lv

Start from the Old Prune Tree
The old prune tree, which grew in the courtyard and carried the whole family’s memory, becomes the initial clue of design. The arc wall around the prune tree horizontally deployed the spatial layout on the ground.

Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH - Interior Photography
Mountain view. Image © Bin Zhang
Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH - Interior Photography, Bedroom
Mountain view. Image © Bin Zhang

Accommodation Area
The accommodation area contains seven rooms. Three chimneys stick out from the roof and shape the gradually rising-up spaces. On the second floor, two rooms on the east share a roof terrace where guests can arrive through a steel stair and complete the dialogue to the mountain.

Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH - Interior Photography
Guest room. Image © Xintong Shi
Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Bed
Guest room. Image © Bin Zhang

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Address:No. 88A, District 5, Hosuotun Village, Xiangying Township, Yanqing District, Beijing, China

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Cite: "Self-abased Chapel / RENGARCH" 11 Apr 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/958060/self-abased-chapel-rengarch> ISSN 0719-8884

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