Jingwei Jasper Zhang

A Garden for a Huge House, Underneath a Huge Slope

The proliferation of repetitive and enclosed housing has undoubtedly addressed the surge in housing demand but has also wrought new issues, such as environmental degradation and the concomitant limitations on people's lifestyles within confined spaces.

Collaborative house projects prioritize the connection between individuals and the environment to remedy these issues. Some portions of the land are occupied in the construction of the houses, while certain aspects of the building disappear to accommodate the surrounding ecology.

To achieve that, a space underneath a huge oblique slope acts as a gentle buffer between human existence and the vast garden outside, allowing for the redefinition of usable areas that flow with the changing weather, from the smallest, such as the bedroom and living room, to the largest, comprising the entire outdoor space when the weather permits.