T Courtyard 透院

Besides its imperial architecture, the first things that come to mind when people think of Beijing are the hutongs and quadrangle courtyards. Like the city's very fabric, these crisscrossing alleys are steeped in everyday Beijing life. With blue-gray tiles and locust trees providing shade, opening the creaking, weathered wooden door to one of these courtyards reveals a self-contained little world. A screen wall blocks outside noise, and the courtyard is bathed in warm sunlight. Pomegranate or quince trees quietly grow in the corners. These courtyards are the warm, solid foundation of this great city and the soul of its history, passed down through the ages and filled with the taste of life.

We took advantage of the uniqueness of this project to give visitors a taste of Beijing life.

The project consists of six abandoned factory buildings from the former Glazed Tiles Imperial Kiln Factory. Decades of disuse left several of the buildings in such a state of disrepair that they could not be restored due to their red brick construction. We retained two buildings with relatively intact structures and demolished and rebuilt the rest. Based on their locations, we assigned functional attributes to each building. For the guest rooms, we designed different types of rooms based on operational considerations and the structural characteristics of each building. Since the buildings are relatively independent, we used colored glaze bricks and water features to create three small courtyards that organically connect the buildings. We designed the colored glaze brick walls to be different heights in various locations. Combined with the semi-transparent nature of the colored glaze bricks, this creates a sense of openness and layering in the courtyards.

We connected two of the buildings with a walkable corridor. Combined with the restaurant's rooftop platform, this enriches the hotel's vertical relationships and allows children to experience the fun of "climbing onto the roof and lifting the tiles."

人们对北京的印象，除了皇家建筑，排在首位的便是胡同和四合院。这些如同城市肌理般的纵横巷陌，浸润在北京的人间烟火中。青砖灰瓦、槐荫匝地，推开吱呀作响的斑驳木门，四合院便是一个自足的小天地。影壁隔绝了外界的喧嚣，天井洒下温暖的阳光，石榴树或海棠在角落里静默生长。这才是北京这座伟大城市温暖而坚实的根基，是历史长河沉淀下来的、带着生活气息的灵魂。 

我们借着这个项目的特殊性，将北京的生活气息带给来这里旅居的人们。

这个项目是原琉璃瓦官窑厂的六栋闲置厂房，由于是红砖砌筑，几十年的闲置导致多个厂房已破败到无法修复，我们保留了两栋结构相对完好的，其余全部拆除重建。根据每栋建筑所在的位置，我们设定了每栋建筑的功能属性。客房部分，我们根据运营意见和每栋建筑的结构特点，设置了不同的房型。由于六栋建筑相对独立，我们通过琉璃砖和水系将其围合成三个小院落，借此将六栋建筑有机联结起来，我们在不同的位置将琉璃砖墙设计成不同的高度，再加上琉璃砖的半透明属性，使院落通透错落。

我们用连廊连接了其中两栋建筑，并将其做成可上人的结构，加上餐厅的屋顶平台，丰富了酒店的纵向关系，并让孩子们体验到了“上房揭瓦”的乐趣。