Suquan Yuan

Location: 711, Shiquan Jie, Suzhou

Client: Zong Cheng Real-estate Development Ltd.

Architect: TONG Ming

Project Team: SONG Chunye, LU jinlan

Structure and Material: concrete

Building Area: 254 m2

Cost: 1,200,000RMB

Design Period: 2004.5–2006.7

Construction Period: 2005.7–2007.2

Suquan Yuan is a redevelopment project which was planned to turn a huge parking space previously served for a tourism company into shopping and resort areas. Based on the impressions and memories on local traditional architecture, the entrance club, which is supposed to be a coffeeshop, was designed as a dark-brick box inserted with a wooden box, whose long windows could be opened and closed according to the interior using conditions.