Lettuce House / HE Ding, WANG Wei, KONG Lingchen 13OCT2015 ProjectsBuilt ProjectsSelected ProjectsSustainabilityBeijingChinaArchitect:HE Ding, WANG Wei, KONG LingchenPhotographer:LI Minfei Bookmark Tweet 0 Bookmark this picture! LI Minfei 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

Bookmark this picture! LI MinfeiFrom 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.Bookmark this picture!Design DescriptionMaterialDue 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.Bookmark this picture! LI MinfeiConstruction processContainer 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.Bookmark this picture!Construction ProcessSpace and functionThe 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.