MAD Ai Weiwei _ Hong Luo Club _ Beijing, China

MAD
Hong Luo Club
Beijing, China

The architecture explores the city dwellers' understanding of the nature.

Photo: Shu He

The expansion of Beijing city has intensively accelerated the development of its periphery area for the last few years, which thereby helped develop the first space typology in China. In the meantime, the suburbia emerged gradually.

A wood bridge was introduced as an access to the Club House. The house has two branches, one is a swimming pool floating on the lake, the other is an underwater platform. The architectural form is shaped by people's circulation. Two major roads converge at the center of the house and reach all the way up along an ascending roof. The ever changing water surface joins the ascending roof, expressing the transition from liquid to solid. The space structure and the functions of the house are integrated naturally.

Photo: Shu He

The main access to the house will bring the visitor to 1,300 mm under water, where people feel like walking in the lake. The access road ascends to the ground level gradually as it nears the house, which reveals the main function of the building - a gathering space. The roof shape is a projection of the linear, functional organization of the ground level's program. The outdoor swimming pool is built into the lake, which keeps the surfaces of the natural and the artificial water at the same level.

Hong Luo Club House creates an ever changing space that echoes with the surroundings, where people and the nature are united. The mountain and the water provide hope and inspirations for people who live in concrete woods.

Total area: 487.2 square meters
Completed: 2006

Client: Beijing Earth Real Estate
Architect: MAD
Director: Yansong Ma, Yosuke Hayano
Project Architect: Florian Pucher
Design Team:
Shen Jun
Christian Taubert
Marco Zuttioni
Yu Kui
Associate Architects & Engineers: IDEA Design Studio

July 30, 2007





				Features
		MAD Hong Luo Club Beijing, China The architecture explores the city dwellers' understanding of the nature. Photo: Shu He The expansion of Beijing city has intensively accelerated the development of its periphery area for the last few years, which thereby helped develop the first space typology in China. In the meantime, the suburbia emerged gradually. A wood bridge was introduced as an access to the Club House. The house has two branches, one is a swimming pool floating on the lake, the other is an underwater platform. The architectural form is shaped by people's circulation. Two major roads converge at the center of the house and reach all the way up along an ascending roof. The ever changing water surface joins the ascending roof, expressing the transition from liquid to solid. The space structure and the functions of the house are integrated naturally. Photo: Shu He Photo: Shu He The main access to the house will bring the visitor to 1,300 mm under water, where people feel like walking in the lake. The access road ascends to the ground level gradually as it nears the house, which reveals the main function of the building - a gathering space. The roof shape is a projection of the linear, functional organization of the ground level's program. The outdoor swimming pool is built into the lake, which keeps the surfaces of the natural and the artificial water at the same level. Hong Luo Club House creates an ever changing space that echoes with the surroundings, where people and the nature are united. The mountain and the water provide hope and inspirations for people who live in concrete woods. Total area: 487.2 square meters Completed: 2006 Client: Beijing Earth Real Estate Architect: MAD Director: Yansong Ma, Yosuke Hayano Project Architect: Florian Pucher Design Team: Shen Jun Christian Taubert Marco Zuttioni Yu Kui Associate Architects & Engineers: IDEA Design Studio July 30, 2007