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Honorable Mention 2019 / ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

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  • Project Title

    House G


  • Winning Firm

    Interval Architects


  • Lead Designer

    Oscar KO, Yunduan GU

  • Project Link
  • Project Location
    Shanghai, China
  • Project Status
    Completed
  • Completion Date
    October, 2019

  • Architectural Firm
     
  • Architect Firm / Studio Name
  • Lead Architect(s)
    Oscar KO, Yunduan GU
  • Other Team Members
    Oscar KO, GU Yunduan, FANG Hanqi, ZHOU Yi, CHEN Heqiao, YE Changqing, CHEN Jingyi
  • About Firm
    Interval Architects is a Shanghai-based architecture design practice co-founded by Oscar KO and GU Yunduan. The practice critically examines issues relating to urbanism, architecture and the environment. We believe that architecture should possess qualities that reflect specificities of its context and become a spatial production that belongs to a certain place and time. The practice has completed several representative projects including Tower of Bricks, Raffles Kindergarten and House G.

House G is located in a village two hours away from Shanghai. The village has a set of rigid regulations governing the design of the house in terms of areas, height, etc. Local customs such as cultural traditions and building methodologies form another layer of constraints. The two sets of "rules" define the current domestic vernacular landscape in the rural areas of Southern China. As a response to these constraints, the house adopted a form that elegantly and humbly exists in the surrounding as opposed to be an icon imposed onto the landscape.

Bio
Interval Architects is a Shanghai-based architecture design practice co-founded by Oscar KO and GU Yunduan. The practice critically examines issues relating to urbanism, architecture and the environment. We believe that architecture should possess qualities that reflect specificities of its context and become a spatial production that belongs to a certain place and time. The practice has completed several representative projects including Tower of Bricks, Raffles Kindergarten Complex and 1/2 stadium.

Other prizes
AustraliaThe Design Studio category-Shortlist UKEmerging Practice of the Year-Silver Prize USAInstitutional Architecture category-Small Firm of the Year UKEmerging Architect of the Year category-Longlist USAShanghai|Beijing Shortlist GermanyBest of Best & Winner USAWinner USASpecial Mention ItalyHonorable mention JapanShortlist UK Shortlist

Photo Credit: Oscar Ko