{"id":103890,"date":"2022-05-23T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=103890"},"modified":"2022-11-12T08:16:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T13:16:50","slug":"wandering-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/practice\/details\/wandering-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"XRANGE Architects Creates Poetic Retreat Wandering Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Project Status: Built<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Year: 2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Size: 1000 sqft – 3000 sqft<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Wandering Walls<\/strong> \u2013 On an ocean front mountain top, between tall grasses and acacia forests, walls meander in and out of the wild and wind swept landscape to create an 8 room retreat. Rugged, curvaceous concrete walls define the boundaries between architecture and landscape, wandering inside and outside to create public and private spaces. The retreat is thus named Wandering Walls, a building where the walls truly wander throughout.<\/p>\n

Architizer chatted with Grace Cheung AIA, Principal Architect at XRANGE Architects<\/a> to learn more about this project.<\/span><\/p>\n

Architizer: Please summarize the project brief and creative vision behind your project.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Grace Cheung: The design brief asked for an 8 room retreat that would preserve the natural essence of the remote ocean facing site, on which strong winter winds, salt laden air, inaccessibility, shortage of materials and skilled workers plus a shoestring budget posed significant limits. Within these constraints, our design vision is to create a sense of quietude and permanence with a single architectural element and a minimal palette of materials that would weather well in the fierce environment; defining the entire architecture with just curves walls that are both structure and form, inside and outside, exterior and interior all at once.<\/span><\/p>\n