09.余姚阳明古镇府前路西片区保护更新
杭州
An exterior street precedent capturing the adaptive reuse and urban preservation of a traditional Chinese historic district featuring classic timber eaves and atmospheric night lighting.
- What we like about this project
- Red lanterns suspended continuously along the eave line cast subtle glows on the dark wood facade elements.
Materials
- timber
- stucco
- grey-clay-tile
- stone-paving
Visual identifiers
- upturned-eaves
- timber-lattice
- red-lanterns
- historic-square
Style tags
- vernacular
- traditional
- historic-preservation
Visual tags
- historic-preservation
- vernacular
- public-realm
- evening-lighting
- pedestrian-street
- Geometry
- Two-story traditional timber structure featuring curved up-turned eaves, wood lattice screens on the upper level, and a covered entry porch supported by slender posts.
- Facade system
- Dark-stained timber post-and-beam frame with operable lattice clerestory windows and white stucco perimeter walls.
- Structural guess
- Traditional timber framing with masonry infill and load-bearing whitewashed walls.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled streetscape and courtyard, approximately two stories in building height.
- Lighting
- Twilight sky balanced against warm interior window glows and red pendant lanterns highlighting the eaves and facades.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and welcoming evening ambiance created by warm architectural lighting against dark timber and grey stone.
- Environmental context
- Historic urban pedestrian district with stone paving, mature trees, and adjacent vernacular white-washed and grey-tiled walls.
- Spatial experience
- A pedestrian alley opens into an inviting public square framed by historic building facades and warm lantern lighting.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal eave lines and window bands balanced by the striking vertical silhouette of the primary roof ridge.
- Style reading
- Traditional vernacular revival with modern lighting integration
- Program
- Cultural and commercial historic district activation
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, stucco, grey-clay-tile, stone-paving
- Visual identifiers
- upturned-eaves, timber-lattice, red-lanterns, historic-square
- Style tags
- vernacular, traditional, historic-preservation
- Visual tags
- historic-preservation, vernacular, public-realm, evening-lighting, pedestrian-street
- Geometry
- Two-story traditional timber structure featuring curved up-turned eaves, wood lattice screens on the upper level, and a covered entry porch supported by slender posts.
- Facade system
- Dark-stained timber post-and-beam frame with operable lattice clerestory windows and white stucco perimeter walls.
- Structural guess
- Traditional timber framing with masonry infill and load-bearing whitewashed walls.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled streetscape and courtyard, approximately two stories in building height.
- Lighting
- Twilight sky balanced against warm interior window glows and red pendant lanterns highlighting the eaves and facades.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and welcoming evening ambiance created by warm architectural lighting against dark timber and grey stone.
- Environmental context
- Historic urban pedestrian district with stone paving, mature trees, and adjacent vernacular white-washed and grey-tiled walls.
- Spatial experience
- A pedestrian alley opens into an inviting public square framed by historic building facades and warm lantern lighting.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal eave lines and window bands balanced by the striking vertical silhouette of the primary roof ridge.
- Style reading
- Traditional vernacular revival with modern lighting integration
- Program
- Cultural and commercial historic district activation
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture