The Backlit Garden is in a suburb of Beijing. Because the entrance faces north, the whole house is in a poor light, lacking the change of sunshine or shadow. The backyard, as the main activity area, is too narrow and is a sinking space. To solve these site problems, we combined light with function and used them as key elements to design.
Using Light throughout the day & night
If there is no light at the entrance, we can add sunlight to the material. The entrance is backlight, we punched holes in the aluminium plate on the gate. At noon, the sunshine through from the
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