Space Improvement Plan for Zaiwan Village / 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio
Background and original appearance: rural revitalization led by aesthetics and a three-no ordinary village. Xiuwu County is located in Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, and belongs to the north of Henan. In recent years, Xiuwu County has vigorously advocated the path of rural revitalization led by aesthetics and has achieved remarkable results. Zaiwan Village is a typical plain village, which belongs to Qixian Town. The whole village was relocated in the 1960s, and the spatial structure was in the shape of fish bone, without historical buildings. In lack of landscape, the village's west side is close to the national highway, and the hills on the East belong to military zone forbidden from entering. The village has no cultivated land or collective economy. Villagers are not poor who work either in the service industry at the Yuntai Mountain scenic spot or in nearby mines, but they lack endogenous power in the long run. Facing such a "three-no" village (no scenery, no style, and features, no industry), how to improve it is a difficult problem: not only not to conform to conventional pattern of simple painting and plastering, but also to give the village new personality within the limited cost.
the main street after the upgrade. Image © Weiqi Jin
- architects: 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio
- Location: Seven Xian Town, Shuwu County, Jiaozhu City, Henan Province, China
- Project Year: 2021
- Photographs: Weiqi Jin
- Photographs: Wei He
- Photographs: Courtesy of 3andwich Design