FOG Architecture transforms Beijing courtyard house into fragrance store
Chinese studio FOG Architecture has turned a courtyard house in Beijing into a flagship store for fragrance brand ToSummer with exposed wooden roof trusses and columns.
Located within a 500-square-meter Siheyuan complex, the store occupies  a 280-year-old courtyard house that are common in the region.
The store is located at a restored courtyard house in Beijing
FOG Architecture renovated the building to reveal its original architecture, which features triangle-shaped timber roof trusses and series of wooden columns.
Layers of decorations added on the structure over the years as well as some of the interior walls were removed to expose the core wooden structure of the building as well as to create an open view of the space.
The studio exposed the wooden roof trusses and columns of the original building "We 'skimmed' the building to expose its 'skeleton'," said the studio. The resultant 'column field' became the visual centre of gravity of the space as well as what defines its outline."
"One of the challenges of the project had to do with the building's old and new functions ? more specifically, how to transform this venerable courtyard which has stood for nearly 300 years as a private residence into a commercial space that is neighbourly, communal, and all-inclusive," it continued.
Product display areas are arranged around the courtyards
Glass windows were installed at the storefront, inviting visitors on the street to observe the complex layo...
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