LILITH House _ DCDSAA Architecture Office

LILITH House | DCDSAA Architecture Office

STORE•SHANGHAI, CHINA
Architects: DCDSAA Architecture Office
Area: 350 m²
Year: 2021
Photographs: Qingshan Wu
Manufacturers: Nippon Paint, NVC Lighting, Shanghai Yi Die
Horticulture
Lead Architect: Hao Wang
Interior Design: DCDSAA Architecture Office
Landscape Design: DCDSAA Architecture Office
Construction Unit: Shanghai DCDSAA Architectural Design Co. Ltd.
Design Team:Zhengliang Yuan, Chao Tang and Bingkun Yan
Owner:LILITH
City:Shanghai
Country:China

DCDSAA Architectural Design Office has completed a very important

architectural planning and design project in Shanghai this year-

Lilith House (Cat House Garden); Architects hope to build a

harmonious relationship among architecture, courtyard, and nature

through minimalist geometric deconstruction and calm symmetry.

"Architecture is an open natural relationship with rhythm and clear

facade. Mr. Wang Hao, the presiding architect of DCDSAA Architecture

Office, said: "Rigorous planning and design, thanks to our in-depth

study and discussion of future architecture, is an open private

space with a sense of ceremony. Architecture is connected with

courtyard and the interaction between them creates unique experience

fun.”

In Yunjian Granary Cultural and Creative Park, Songjiang, Shanghai,

there are a group of old granary buildings with a long history,

which are located on the banks of the people's river. As an original

granary land, the mission of this location is to create a harmonious

symbiosis with the surrounding landscape and become a part of the

site-building. The inclined special-shaped frame of the entrance

floating BOX is used, and the interesting upper and lower façades

are formed. The façades are designed with large floor-to-ceiling

glass. The three-dimensional structure of each BOX echoes the

waterscape of the outside garden like a sculpture, creating the

fluidity of the space.

The whole indoor beige minimalist structure design, the semi-

circular sinking leisure experience space has beautiful lines and

sense of body, the tolerance and width of natural lighting, and more

interaction and contrast between light and buildings. After the

space has the natural attribute of light, it is full of the contrast

between fantasy and reality, and it is endowed with the pure modern

temperament like an architectural art museum.

The rich and varied landscape environment creates diversified

interesting experiences for the building. Each open space in the

room not only provides people with an excellent vision but also

closely connects the outdoor space with the independent indoor

space. In the design of the site and the building, the changes of

scale and storey height are skillfully used, which form a rich

volume contrast relationship and create a unique space and visual

experience. Each symmetrical direction of BOX lighting is a pure

form of architecture, which leads the space to a more intriguing

artistic direction, and also leads to the "natural attribute" of

architecture, thus creating a natural feeling of visibility and

satisfying our pursuit of experience quality and ideal.

The patchwork appearance and posture create a series of continuous

landscape scenes. The public space in the building is organized

around the outdoor garden platform, and the boundary between indoor

and outdoor becomes smart because of these gardens. The overall

planning consists of two small buildings, and an outdoor punch-in

terrace is formed in the upper part of the building. The terrace is

planted with green vegetation, just like a hanging garden, floating

above the site and the riverbank, creating a natural and harmonious

indoor and outdoor atmosphere.

The two-story sky garden structure floats on the first floor,

forming a wonderful floating posture; Interact with the waterscape

below, and the overall facade of the second floor shows various

shapes, sometimes delicate and sometimes quiet, which can create a

natural, soft, beautiful and smart picture for the space, and become

a beautiful photoshop viewing platform.

In addition, the architectural design of another cat house adopts

the upper and lower floors of open-ended integration design, with

large areas of glass and transparency, emphasizing the comfort of

space, following the light and nature. The unconscious harmonious

relationship between cats and nature is the best expression of

"unconscious architecture". In the rear area of the building, the

inward outdoor garden is the most exciting realm to create inner

silence. The inner courtyard echoes the natural waterscape to show

the beautiful garden and modern poetry.