Beijing Tea House, Beijing
By the east gate of the Forbidden City, in the heart of Beijing, an old siheyuan-style house is renovated with four types of modular polyethylene blocks that let natural light pass through and fill the interior spaces.
By the east gate of the Forbidden City, in the heart of Beijing, an old siheyuan-style house is renovated with four types of modular polyethylene blocks that let natural light pass through and fill the interior spaces.
Two spiral staircases that meet 15.26 m above the ground give shape to the chapel, used for weddings; the structure absorbs vertical loads through pillars 10 cm in diameter and compensate the lateral ones with the mutual pressures of both helicoids..