Anna Garden Residence, Beijing Building, China, New Chinese Architecture Design Photos
Anna Garden Residence, Beijing
17 July 2022
Architects: KiKi ARCHi
Location: Beijing, Northern China

Photos: Eiichi Kano
Anna Garden Residence, China
Changping District is 30km to the north of Beijing, the scenery of which is completely different from that of an international city. KiKi ARCHi has completed the renovation of Anna Garden Residence within 15 months there. Carrying the happy time of its owner?s childhood in the country, it seeks not the concrete object of memory, but the memory itself.

The bushy mountain and mirror-like lake provide a natural barrier to noise, which attracts the owners a lot. The original 1,300? site contains a large courtyard and a 200? European-style house. This sense of contradiction inspired the team to rethink. After site analysis and discussion, KiKi ARCHi decided to first re-establish the relationship between the house and the landform, which includes multiple dimensions such as the relationship between ?terrain and building?, ?architectural appearance and the surrounding environment?, ?function and the living experience?.
Thus, the 8m height difference of the site was fully utilized, and the garden at the lower level was linked with the house at the higher level through the graceful landscape design, which creates a rich visual hierarchy and sets the tone of ?freedom & nature? for the whole project.

On the premise of retaining the original a...