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Hymn of Memories


- 2024 Summer Competition Project
- Individual Academic Project
- Site: Langtou village, Huadu, Guangzhou,China

There is always a scene in my memory, where my grandparents look up at the shrine above their heads, clasp their hands devoutly, and chant something. This happened every day in my childhood, along with everything in daily life. When I was twelve years old, I moved to the city with my parents, and my grandparents stayed in my hometown, still maintaining their original habits, burning incense and praying every morning. My parents and I only return to that small village during festivals, trying to find forgotten memories. I want to design a house for my hometown, perhaps for my family, or perhaps for this gradually disappearing culture. 




1 Living room
2 Dining room
3 Kitchen
4 Grandparents' bedroom
5 Bathroom
6 Shrine
7 Children's bedroom
8 Parents' bedroom
 The gathering space on the ground floor is the foundation of the entire house. The kitchen is an important space for daily life and festival sacrifices. It is sunken halfway down, becoming the intersection of daily space and memorial space. The semi-underground space creates a sense of security. On weekdays, the elderly cook and chat here, and during festivals, the family is busy preparing sacrifices in the kitchen together.

The traffic tube divides the entire ground floor space into two parts, serving as the living room and dining room, organizing the daily gathering and communication flow lines.

I want to design a house for my hometown, perhaps for my family, or perhaps for this gradually disappearing culture. I hope that in this space, divinity and daily life are intertwined, and three generations of grandparents and grandchildren reunite and separate in this house. I hope it is hidden in the texture of the village.
The section reflects the typology of the home. The two mirrored rooms above and below are the living spaces for parents and children respectively. Both spaces have round skylights, one overlooking the sky and the other overlooking the ground.

1 Living room
2 Dining room
3 Kitchen
4 Grandparents' bedroom
5 Bathroom
6 Shrine
7 Children's bedroom
8 Parents' bedroom



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