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Gray Box House in Guangdong
Self Build house Development in China – design by AD Architecture
18 Jul 2017
Gray Box House in Guangdong
Architects: AD Architecture
Location: Guangdong, southeast China

Gray Box House in Guangdong
When it comes to the rural self-built housing, the stereotype image is a countrified house made of multi-storey grids without any sense of design, although it costs a lot on decoration, where a lot of space is wasted.

Hidden in a distant costal village in Shantou, Gray Box is an addition project to a rural self-built house. AD Architecture gives it a different definition. Minimalism and pureness of black white and gray add a unique landscape to this self-built house.
The owner is young and stylish. Combined with the owner’s living context, a high-level gray minimalist residence is thus created. The whole space is based on the most low-key black , white and gray, creating a texture space.

Gray is highlighted to balance the strong contrast between black and white. Partial use of warm earth yellow penetrates temperature in Gray Box.
In the overall layout, as a perfect fusion of the East and West design philosophy, it is an interpretation of a pure modernist style. The proportion of space lines is simple yet fine.

The huge window enframes the beautiful scenery; and bright light through the soft window screening brings a Zen atmosphere.

Because of the reflection of...