ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/934149/zayuan-habitat-fesch-beijing Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:00:00 +0000 Collin Chen https://www.archdaily.com/934149/zayuan-habitat-fesch-beijing The project is located in a “Zayuan” of an old town in Beijing. “Zayuan” is evolved from a traditional Chinese architecture form called “Siheyuan”, with houses surrounding a central courtyard. The relationship between the central courtyard and the surrounding living spaces in “Siheyuan”, which is inherent in the country, has changed overtime due to repeated reconstructions and increasing living density and now functions only as a public passage connecting the closed dwellings.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/900492/renovation-in-zayuan-fesch-beijing Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:00:00 +0000 舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang https://www.archdaily.com/900492/renovation-in-zayuan-fesch-beijing Located in a courtyard (siheyuan) of hutong in Beijing, this is a rental housing renovation plan designed for a couple and two cats. Known as zayuan, the previous courtyard was subdivided in order to accommodate several different families. Modifications and extensions to the original buildings gradually occupied the once public space, leaving only a passage now. Entering from the northwest corner of the zayuan, one finds the project at the southeast corner after passing through that narrow passage (Figure 1).

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