{"id":56293,"date":"2025-04-28T02:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/56293\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T02:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:18:11","slug":"archstudio-revives-courtyard-tradition-with-timber-framed-guesthouse-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/56293\/","title":{"rendered":"archstudio revives courtyard tradition with timber-framed guesthouse in beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Archstudio completes guesthouse around three trees<\/p>\n

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In the shifting landscape of North Yangjiaqiao Village, Beijing<\/strong><\/a>, where colored steel roofs and Western-style houses disrupt the memory of traditional courtyard<\/strong><\/a> homes, ARCHSTUDIO<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0steps in with a grounded response. Named Lei Homestay, the project transforms a 400-square-meter site in Pinggu District<\/strong><\/a> into a serene guesthouse organized around three cherished family trees\u2014two persimmons and one walnut. These trees not only inspire the homestay\u2019s poetic name\u2014Lei (\u8012), an ancient agricultural tool composed of three \u2018wood\u2019 radicals\u2014but also structure the architecture itself. Guided by a framework of laminated timber<\/strong><\/a>, the building is a contemporary take on the village\u2019s vanishing courtyard typology, offering a breathing, tree-hugging sanctuary.<\/p>\n

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all images by Wang Ning, unless stated otherwise<\/p>\n

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brick walls shield Lei Homestay in beijing<\/p>\n

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The site, once cluttered with incongruous structures and temporary sheds, is now reimagined as a thoughtful composition of interlocking volumes and open courtyards. Beijing-based<\/strong><\/a> ARCHSTUDIO\u2019s Lei Homestay balances intimacy and openness, enclosing the ground floor with solid brick walls for privacy while carving out sunlit social spaces\u2014living, dining, and kitchen areas\u2014that open inward to the trees. The second level introduces six guestrooms floating above the street wall like a timber canopy. Their staggered platforms mirror the organic rhythm of the trees, blending lofts, tatami-style rooms, and family suites into a fluid yet distinct hospitality experience.<\/p>\n

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the project transforms a 400-square-meter site in Pinggu District into a serene guesthouse<\/p>\n

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prefabricated construction responds to the site restrictions<\/p>\n

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Local constraints\u2014height restrictions, setback rules, and a limited footprint\u2014became tools for invention. To double the site\u2019s original volume without disrupting the village scale, the architects leaned into prefabricated timber construction, ensuring both environmental performance and spatial richness. Scots pine serves as the primary structural material, offering warmth and tactility, while reclaimed bricks from the site lend texture and memory to the walls. A ribbon of gray asphalt shingles slips down from the pitched roof and partially clads the facade, giving the building its defining silhouette\u2014a floating, forest-like dwelling nestled in the rural fabric.<\/p>\n

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Beyond offering seven guest rooms and generous common areas, Lei Homestay is designed as a future node of community interaction. The owner\u2019s vision expands beyond commerce: the space is intended to double as a social and cultural hub for the village, a place where guests and locals can meet under the canopy of trees, quite literally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Lei Homestay is organized around three cherished family trees<\/p>\n

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the building is a contemporary take on the village\u2019s vanishing courtyard typology<\/p>\n

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a breathing, tree-hugging sanctuary<\/p>\n

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the site was once cluttered with incongruous structures and temporary sheds<\/p>\n

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enclosing the ground floor with solid brick walls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Archstudio completes guesthouse around three trees \u00a0 In the shifting landscape of North Yangjiaqiao Village, Beijing, where colored…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[29743,12855,29744,4021,4020,4022,77,17022,16,15,8732],"class_list":{"0":"post-56293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture-in-beijing","9":"tag-architecture-in-china","10":"tag-archstudio","11":"tag-arts","12":"tag-arts-and-design","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wood-and-timber-architecture-and-design"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114413194781766497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}