How an earthen building stands on wet ground
Examine Hegui Lou through its timber foundations, rammed-earth walls and inner school, revealing the construction knowledge behind a five-storey tulou.
Hegui Lou
Hegui Lou, in Pushan village in Nanjing County, is dated to 1732 in the World Heritage nomination. Its wet-ground setting makes construction knowledge central to its interpretation: pine piles, a timber raft, stone and earth contribute to a combined system. Inside, a school and domestic spaces bring the social purpose of that engineering into view.
Hegui Lou
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Hegui Lou rises beside its stone base in Nanjing County.Yumeto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.