Qishe Courtyard 七舍合院

It's named "Qishe" ("Qi" and "she" respectively refers to "seven" and "house" in the Chinese language), because its address number in the hutong is 7 and it originally consisted of 7 pitched-roof buildings. As approach the project, the design firm ARCHSTUDIO set two goals: renovating the old and inserting the new. On the one hand, the designers neatened the houses, repaired all the building surfaces, and reinforced the architectural structures, with a view to reproducing the appearance of the traditional Siheyuan. On the other hand, they brought in new living facilities such as a bathroom, kitchen, and garage, HVAC pipes and lines, as well as new veranda spaces. The veranda functions as a circulation route reshapes the spatial pattern and layers and provides a playful walking experience. The front courtyard is mainly used as a garage. ARCHSTUDIO retained its pitched roof, removed the front and back walls, and shifted the entrance door to the side, so as to leave more space for parking. The middle courtyard is a public activity space. It previously contained three houses, one on the north, and two on the sides. Based on its original layout, ARCHSTUDIO set up a living room, a tea room, a dining room, a kitchen, etc. in this area. The designers adopted a symmetric spatial pattern, which inherits the sense of the formality of traditional courtyard buildings. The back courtyard is a dwelling space, mainly consisting of two bedrooms, a tea room, and a study. The old building walls were restored, by reusing the gray bricks from demolished temporary architectural blocks in the courtyards. The floor of outdoor spaces is paved with the same type of bricks, to ensure visual consistency. Some of the new walls are formed of glass bricks, which have the same size as the old gray bricks.

由于原建筑共包含七间坡屋顶房屋，且正好是该胡同的七号，故得名七舍。本次改造设计一方面是修复旧的——对院落房屋进行整理，保留时间迭代的印记，修复各个建筑界面，加固建筑结构，重现传统建筑的样貌；另一方面是植入新的——新的生活功能配备（卫生间、厨房、车库等），新的基础设施（水暖电设备管线）以及新的游廊空间。 我们引入“游廊”作为本次改造中最为可见的附加物，将原本相互分离的七间房屋连接成为一个整体，它既是路径通道，又重新划分了庭院层次。 一进院被定义为停车院，设计保留原建筑屋顶移除墙面，并平移了主入口位置，以留出尽量宽阔的停车空地。二进院是公共活动院，结合原本建筑一正两厢三间房屋的格局，分别布置了客厅、茶室、餐厅、厨房等。室内外空间划分依然采用对称式布局，继承了传统院落的空间仪式性。三进院作为居住院，包括两间卧室以及茶室、书房等空间。旧建筑墙面依然以原本院内留下的旧砖为主材进行修复，让此前大杂院拆除的建筑材料得以循环利用。室内外地面也延用了这种灰砖铺作，保持内外一体的效果。部分新墙面采用了透光的玻璃砖，但尺寸仍与旧建筑灰砖一致。