East Island
向东岛Villa / Waterside
Shanghai / China
Full service
Water / Light
Water brought into the room / the house given to the light
Morning light lands on the water first / then folds into the living room / the waterside edge is almost without partitions / fewer walls than windows / the movement of water becomes the background
Materials are wood stone paper and a little metal / wood left unlacquered / colour recedes with the water level and the seasons / sitting inside the house seems to breathe
We kept the plan long and low / circulation follows the water / the house does not perform / it listens
Design notes
NOTES 03Borrowed water
A low sill on the waterside brings the eye almost level with the surface
Fewer walls
Circulation follows the water / the house feels longer than it is
Colours that recede
Wood stone and paper / left to age on their own
