Lettuce House / HE Ding, WANG Wei, KONG Lingchen

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Projects Built ProjectsSelected Projects SustainabilityBeijingChina

Architect:HE Ding, WANG Wei, KONG Lingchen
Photographer:LI Minfei

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Architects: HE Ding, WANG Wei, KONG Lingchen

Location: Shunyi, Beijing, China

Architects: HE Ding, WANG Wei, KONG Lingchen

Sustainable Design Team: LIU Xin, HU Yechang, CHEN Weiran, SU Yurong, XU

Zhetong, YANG Xu, YOU Wanrong

Client: Niu Jian

Area: 88.5 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: LI Minfei

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From the architect. Sustainable Lifestyle Lab established by the Sustainable Design Institude
of Arts and Science research center, Tsinghua University and Participatory Community
Development Center. The modular house composed of six containers, which applied green,
healthy, low-carbon philosophy to real life, so as to let more people to understand and
participate in it.

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Design

Material
Due to some restrictions, the construction time must be very short, and the house should be
recyclable and efficiency. So we choose container module house. The box structure, doors,
windows, roofs, floors and walls can be pre-produced in the factory.

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Construction process
Container module house has formed a complete production mode. The presets and the
construction can be completed by the manufacturer.Each container needs about half an hour
to be lifted.Then install waterproof rubber at the joint between containers. In the last, install
the stairs and indoor doors.Internal design, energyequipment installation and planting are
completed by the owner. The six containersare 180,000 yuan, and the feeof modification,
transportation and installation is 38,000 yuan, totally 218,000 yuan.

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Process

Construction

Space and function

The house composed of six containers(6055mm*2435mm*2790mm), using module design
idea: Each box inside is a standard space unit with different functions. Different combination
patternsform various function space. The house includes three bedrooms, a storage room,
exhibition space,a kitchen and a bathroom . The entrancecontainer is vertical to the other
five, forming a courtyard.