Hengdian Longjing Puyu Villa

With regard to the Longjing Puyu Villa project, the designer uses Dongyang culture as the design theme, and by means of extracting and incorporating the classic architecture and cultural connotation of Dongyang, breaks the time barrier between the ancient and the present with ingenuity, createing a time-space dialogue between modern design and intangible cultural heritage on the one hand, and reintegrating and reconstructing the humanistic artistic conception of Dongyang that belongs to the present on the other.

The towering wood carvings that wrap the entire house startle us as soon as we enter the atrium. Years of grinding and washing have generated the distinctive color and texture in the wood substance. There are additional life vicissitudes and elegant “overtones” in addition to the elegant carving language. To give clients a sense of the collision and fusion of Eastern and Western aesthetics as soon as they enter, designers have chosen very current art features of metal bars and Italian saddle leather craft furniture.

The design focuses on how classic features might be expressed in a contemporary way. It adheres to the ancient building’s cultural setting and mortise and tenon construction. Lighting, fire safety, and air conditioning are all in accordance with the building’s original design. It is finally integrated with the beam and wood after repeated calculations by the design team. The designer balances the Western aesthetic of gloss and texture with the Oriental taste of praise and shade in soft clothing, resulting in the peaceful artistic conception of “home is where the heart is.”

Upholding a consistent integration of Chinese and Western, we can feel the comfort of modern soft decoration in the guest room and the deft blending of Chinese house shape and system through the meticulous landscape space separation. The designer uses the distinctive curled-up lion of Dongyang as its inspiration and incorporates noble and serene motifs into every aspect of the room, including pure copper ornaments on the shelves, Suzhou embroidery on the bed head and pillow, and wood engravings on the walls.