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gad杰地设计 establishes a distinct architectural presence across Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Chengdu through large-scale corporate headquarters and research campuses defined by expressive structural framing, continuous green landscape terraces, and deliberate contrasts between sleek modern volumes and traditional roofscapes. The portfolio provides an essential precedent when integrating office workspaces into steep forested hillsides, detailing continuous triangular truss canopy structures for circular walkways, or scaling traditional courtyard typologies up to modern campus rows.

Row of contemporary whitewashed rural housing with curved gable roofs by gad against a mountainous backdrop.

6、东梓关

上海 / 杭州 / 成都 / 重庆 / 厦门 / 青岛

A contemporary interpretation of traditional rural vernacular architecture, utilizing curved gable profiles and white stucco masses set against agricultural fields.

What we like about this project
The traditional black-and-white courtyard house aesthetic is fluidly scaled up into a synchronized neighborhood row.

Materials

  • stucco
  • dark-tile
  • timber
  • glass

Visual identifiers

  • curved-gable-roof
  • whitewashed-façade
  • village-cluster
  • punched-windows

Style tags

  • contemporary-vernacular
  • regionalist
  • residential

Visual tags

  • vernacular-contemporary
  • rural-housing
  • residential-cluster
  • traditional-reinterpretations
  • landscape-integration
Geometry
A linear arrangement of clustered multi-story volumes featuring undulating rooflines and repetitive orthogonal window puncturing.
Facade system
White stucco wall planes with punched timber-framed windows and dark tile edging.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry or reinforced concrete frames with pitched timber roof trusses.
Spatial scale
Two to three-story domestic scale extending horizontally across the landscape horizon.
Lighting
Soft overcast daylight with glowing warm illumination emanating from the window interiors.
Atmosphere
Serene and contemplative rural atmosphere under a muted sky with warm interior lights.
Environmental context
Rural flat agricultural foreground with distant hazy mountain silhouettes under a pale sky.
Spatial experience
The composition reads as a continuous rural village settlement viewed across open agricultural fields, balancing collective scale with individual dwelling distinction.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical window arrangements contrasted by sweeping, undulating roof silhouettes across the horizontal frontage.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular revival
Program
Rural residential community housing
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stucco, dark-tile, timber, glass
Visual identifiers
curved-gable-roof, whitewashed-façade, village-cluster, punched-windows
Style tags
contemporary-vernacular, regionalist, residential
Visual tags
vernacular-contemporary, rural-housing, residential-cluster, traditional-reinterpretations, landscape-integration
Geometry
A linear arrangement of clustered multi-story volumes featuring undulating rooflines and repetitive orthogonal window puncturing.
Facade system
White stucco wall planes with punched timber-framed windows and dark tile edging.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry or reinforced concrete frames with pitched timber roof trusses.
Spatial scale
Two to three-story domestic scale extending horizontally across the landscape horizon.
Lighting
Soft overcast daylight with glowing warm illumination emanating from the window interiors.
Atmosphere
Serene and contemplative rural atmosphere under a muted sky with warm interior lights.
Environmental context
Rural flat agricultural foreground with distant hazy mountain silhouettes under a pale sky.
Spatial experience
The composition reads as a continuous rural village settlement viewed across open agricultural fields, balancing collective scale with individual dwelling distinction.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical window arrangements contrasted by sweeping, undulating roof silhouettes across the horizontal frontage.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular revival
Program
Rural residential community housing
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Row of contemporary whitewashed rural housing with curved gable roofs by gad against a mountainous backdrop.

6、东梓关

上海 / 杭州 / 成都 / 重庆 / 厦门 / 青岛

A contemporary interpretation of traditional rural vernacular architecture, utilizing curved gable profiles and white stucco masses set against agricultural fields.

What we like about this project
The traditional black-and-white courtyard house aesthetic is fluidly scaled up into a synchronized neighborhood row.

Materials

  • stucco
  • dark-tile
  • timber
  • glass

Visual identifiers

  • curved-gable-roof
  • whitewashed-façade
  • village-cluster
  • punched-windows

Style tags

  • contemporary-vernacular
  • regionalist
  • residential

Visual tags

  • vernacular-contemporary
  • rural-housing
  • residential-cluster
  • traditional-reinterpretations
  • landscape-integration
Geometry
A linear arrangement of clustered multi-story volumes featuring undulating rooflines and repetitive orthogonal window puncturing.
Facade system
White stucco wall planes with punched timber-framed windows and dark tile edging.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry or reinforced concrete frames with pitched timber roof trusses.
Spatial scale
Two to three-story domestic scale extending horizontally across the landscape horizon.
Lighting
Soft overcast daylight with glowing warm illumination emanating from the window interiors.
Atmosphere
Serene and contemplative rural atmosphere under a muted sky with warm interior lights.
Environmental context
Rural flat agricultural foreground with distant hazy mountain silhouettes under a pale sky.
Spatial experience
The composition reads as a continuous rural village settlement viewed across open agricultural fields, balancing collective scale with individual dwelling distinction.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical window arrangements contrasted by sweeping, undulating roof silhouettes across the horizontal frontage.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular revival
Program
Rural residential community housing
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
stucco, dark-tile, timber, glass
Visual identifiers
curved-gable-roof, whitewashed-façade, village-cluster, punched-windows
Style tags
contemporary-vernacular, regionalist, residential
Visual tags
vernacular-contemporary, rural-housing, residential-cluster, traditional-reinterpretations, landscape-integration
Geometry
A linear arrangement of clustered multi-story volumes featuring undulating rooflines and repetitive orthogonal window puncturing.
Facade system
White stucco wall planes with punched timber-framed windows and dark tile edging.
Structural guess
Load-bearing masonry or reinforced concrete frames with pitched timber roof trusses.
Spatial scale
Two to three-story domestic scale extending horizontally across the landscape horizon.
Lighting
Soft overcast daylight with glowing warm illumination emanating from the window interiors.
Atmosphere
Serene and contemplative rural atmosphere under a muted sky with warm interior lights.
Environmental context
Rural flat agricultural foreground with distant hazy mountain silhouettes under a pale sky.
Spatial experience
The composition reads as a continuous rural village settlement viewed across open agricultural fields, balancing collective scale with individual dwelling distinction.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical window arrangements contrasted by sweeping, undulating roof silhouettes across the horizontal frontage.
Style reading
Contemporary vernacular revival
Program
Rural residential community housing
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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