Ordos House

The design of this villa was influenced by the parcel’s location at a turn in the main roadway through the site. The house is wrapped in a rotating, sloping brick wall that reorients the primary spaces of the house toward the southern exposure.

Location:

Inner Mongolia, China

Image Credit:

BAAO

Press:

Ai Wei Wei Art and Architecture Exhibition on the Ordos 100 at the Kunsthaus Bregenz
“Ordos 100: The inevitable cultural negotiations when building a city in the 21st Century,” Art Basel
“13:100: Thirteen New York Architects Design for Ordos”, Architectural League

The façade peels in to create openings and terraces. The main floor level is two meters above grade to allow the basement level natural light and access to the exterior recreational spaces.

An exterior stair situated between two layers of wall connects the main floor with a terrace to the third floor level master suite.

A central glass-enclosed courtyard allows views and brings light into the interior spaces and down to the basement level. Interior winter and summer gardens project into the courtyard.

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