Posted on 12/8/2016
With an open addition in glass and bamboo to welcome visitors and children, AaL and Atelier OPA worked on a project to save from demolishment the last historic house of a small village in China.
The South Yard project by Advanced Architecture Lab and Atelier OPA, preserves an historic house from demolishment, with an addition in steel, glass and bamboo. Immersed by nature, the tranquil village founded by three clans (Sanjia means the “three surnames”) is located in Sanjia, Nanning, in the Guangxi Province.
During the reconstruction of the of the village most o...