Hidden House

Built by the mountains, secluded within the mountains. This project blends regional style with modern techniques; the designer values the connection between space and nature, preserving the tradition of constructing building with local Taishan Stone to create a “Hidden House” featuring unique Northern temperament.

The natural sceneries mutually blend with artificial landscapes, where a pine tree extends to the exterior of the yard, leading the eyesight to continuous mountains and forests; two platforms and corresponding building were designed for the yard according to the height difference, where the higher place utilized local constructional approach and plastering characteristic to demonstrate regional uniqueness, while the lower place used sand and stones to pave the road surface, surrounding the landscapes with circles, offering the entire space with well-proportioned appearance.

For the living space, an environment connecting to nature has been created, where large French window guides natural sceneries indoor, with the application of natural elements filled with vitality; the entire building is structured with lime plaster and stone wall, capable of blocking off the heat in summer while keeping the warmth during winter; the brown colored wall highlights the soft light fixture, demonstrating interaction between exquisiteness and coarseness.

A hot bath pool is set up in the tea room with a fireplace, just thinking of admiring the views while taking a hot bath in the cold winter makes one feel the comfortable leisure.

Admiring nature, learning from nature, the designer has combined nature, building and human residence into one, utilizing natural criteria within the limited spatial range to unify natural beauty with artificial beauty, thereby creating a spatial environment that exists harmoniously with the natural environment.