Located on the hillside of Pai Tangdou village, Pingtan Island, is backed by the mountain and facing the sea. It stands out because of its "stone out of water" design.
The project lies in Changjiang'ao Tourist Resort, Pingtan County, Fujian Province, 128 kilometers away from Fuzhou, and only 68 nautical miles away from Taiwan's Hsinchu Port in the east. "The stones grow, but no grass; the wind blow, with full sand; and the house looks like a fort..." This folk song refers to the Shicuo in Pingtan, that is, the stone house.
At beginning, we seriously researched and analyzed Fujian and local dwellings, climate and topography. We were thinking about a possibility to connect architectural design, environment and nature, all these things together,to achieve a harmony. We make bold attempts to make it reach a proper balance and breakthrough.
The design mainly adopts the tone and texture of stone, and retains the material of the original structure of the house. The floor-to-ceiling bay windows that float out allow guests to get close to nature and the sea.
The outer balcony is wrapped with glass curtain wall to prevent the wind and sand in autumn and winter. Inspired by the surrounding islands, old stone houses and local crafts, we consider a new form of curtain wall combining stone is the main feature and breakthrough of this design.
The beach rocks with smooth surface washed by the waves are divided into two after drilling holes up and down, and then fixed with bolts on the curtain wall glass after the holes have been drilled and tempered. 112 stones are inlaid on the sea-blue glass curtain wall through multiple connection points, and the stone and glass are precisely connected and integrated. The sea expands to the curtain wall. The stones have another dialogue with the sea, mountains, and old stone houses.
If bricks houses and stone houses are the unique texture of the local area, the "stones out of water" curtain wall is another interesting connection between the local area and modernity, as well as a romantic and poetic interpretation.
The name of "Shijian" comes from the natural environment of Pingtan and the unique old stone houses. "Stones out of water" takes creating a space form with natural awareness as its design concept, aiming to create a natural and primitive leisure and vacation environment for visitors.
The sun, mountains, sea and "stones out of water", create a feeling of pure freedom. The pronunciation of "Shijian" is the same as "time" in Chinese, so every space here is full with shadow of time. The stones floating in the air seem to be frozen in time.
Location: No. 73, Paitangdou, Dianshui Village, Liushui Town,Pingtan, Fujian, China
Client: Changzhou Zhisen Health Management Co., Ltd.
Design Firm: Yuanxiuwan Architect & Associates
Principal Architect: Xiuwan Yuan
Design Team: He Zou, ChengXu Yin
Structure&Material: Concrete frame, glass curtain wall, stone, granite, microcement,
Building Area: 600㎡、
Site area: 2000㎡
Design Period: 07/2022- 12/2022
Construction Period: 02/2023- 07/2023
Photography: Siyang Zuo
