BAN Villa Jijiadun, Jiangsu House, Shanghai Area Residence, Rural Chinese Architecture Photos
BAN Villa in Jijiadun, Jiangsu homes
27 Sep 2021
Architects: B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Location: Jijiadun, near Shanghai, China
Photos by Zhi Xia
BAN Villa
BAN Villa in Jiangsu province by B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
As a typical picturesque Chinese Jiangnan town, the village of Jijiadun locates about 1.5-hour drive from the central city of Shanghai. With the rapid development of urbanization in China, the problem of rural hollowing-out is becoming increasingly serious.
In order to revitalize the village, the government of the local rural township invited a team of professionals to re-develop and renovate the village. By introducing the cultural and creative industries into the village while respecting its rural scene and culture, Jijiadun village is attracting “new villagers” from the cities and thus forming a new dynamic rural living community.
The project of BAN Villa sits at the entrance of the Jijiadun village. The site is surrounded on three sides by a small river, and there are croplands not far away from the site.
The design team starts with rethinking the possibilities of the relations between the countryside and the city. The “new villagers” from the cities bring new industries and lifestyles to the village, which helps strengthen the bond between the village and the city. The basic context of the redevelopment of the village sets the tone for the project.
As a part of the rethinking of today’s Jijiadun Village, the project of Ban Villa is an attempt to explore new possibilities of the countryside in future. In the villa, people can enjoy quiet and cozy moments and experience local culture of Jiangnan watertown.
They can also encounter the owner of the villa and enjoy tea and chat together. They can even meet new friends and communicate with each other while dining and drinking together.
BAN Villa is more than a boutique guesthouse. It provides possibilities of new village life for urban dwellers.
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Founded in 2014, B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio was established in Beijing by Japanese architects Yoko Fujii and Shuhei Aoyama. It is an international architecture studio full of youthful vitality oriented toward architecture and architectural interior design.
B.L.U.E. is the abbreviation of Beijing Laboratory for Urban Environment, and is also the core design philosophy of the studio. Focusing on the intense collision of rich history and vanward thought of Beijing, B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio is working on the design practices of architecture, interior design, product, and art to realize the research on urban physics, society, culture and environment, and seek to create a design platform that truly connects the urban environments.
Photos: Zhi Xia
BAN Villa in Jijiadun, Jiangsu province property images / information received 270921 from B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Location: Jijiadun, Jiangsu, near Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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