Chengqilou: A World Arranged in Rings
At Gaobei in Yongding, Chengqilou’s descending roofs and central ancestral hall turn a circular house into a layered domestic world.
Chengqilou makes the organization of a large communal residence especially legible through concentric rings and a central ancestral hall. Gaobei keeps that famous building within a wider village context.
At Gaobei in Yongding, Chengqilou’s descending roofs and central ancestral hall turn a circular house into a layered domestic world.