Force Field Hutong

The site is located near Nanluoguxiang, one of Beijing's most controversial hutong-renewal districts.
The existing building was of historic preservation status, the original facades, timber structure and brickwork was not to be touched at all.
We wrapped the courtyard with a transparent, invisibility cloak-like glass skin. The two courtyards are now connected optically. A force field is created between the once separated courtyards. An invisible and ethereal force destabilizes the spatial and visual flow all over the site.

Daipu Architects, founded in 2010 by Dai Pu, is an innovation-oriented architecture firm which seeks for the combination of time spirits and humanity traditions. The firm is based in Beijing and practices in a number of cities in China, ranging from North China (Beijing and Tianjin) to the south (Zhejiang, Anhui, Sichuan and Hubei). He has been invited to “Curitiba International Biennial”, 2017, Brazil; “Towards a Critical Pragmatism: Contemporary Architecture in China”, Harvard, USA; “ZAO - Architecture of China” , 2014, Lyons, France and so on.

Daipu's artwork “Super Beijing” was collected by Shanghai Himalayas Museum. His first work -Tree Art Museum in 2012, is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful art museums in China and also rated as one of the nine most well-designed places in Beijing by Timeout Magazine. He has been awarded gold award of “Golden Lotus International Design Invitational Tournament”. In 2014, he was also awarded “40 Under 40″ Architect Award from Perspective Magazine in 2014.