The Vernacular Architecture Evolution of Naya / ZSYZ Studio

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Hehe Tea Gallery / ZSYZ Studio

Yu Xin Li — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Hehe Tea Gallery, where artist Poshui settled down with his family, is located on the south hillside of the orchard in the northern part of Wuyi Mountain. He has been studying on the traditional way of making Wuyi Yan Tea for years there and gradually gained his reputation with increasing number of followers. Under the co-efforts with his wife, the tea gallery presents picturesque daily life with old pine trees, vegetable garden, tea fragrance, and their lovely children. In 2015, Poshui first refurbished an old house for dwelling there, and then another one is built in the north in 2016. Their houses develop as naturally as mushroom grow in fertile land to meet their basic needs. Each year I was invited to witness the flourish of their home.

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The Vernacular Architecture Evolution of Naya / ZSYZ Studio

Hehe Tea Gallery / ZSYZ Studio