After decades of developing the urban planning, China is transferring its concentration from the urban development to the rural revival, for bridging economical and living condition gaps between them. Residential renovation for Louna Village, as one of such rural revitalization programs, aims to provide travel services and facilities for attracting tourists, but also brings advanced building materials and technologies to this rural area.

Xinzhai sub-village, as one of 13 sub-villages of Louna village, has the most abundant and gorgeous sceneries. To fully show its distinguishing highlights, our team firstly sketched a tourism plan, as a preparation for the village's future development. Besides, it's also a basis for us better linking buildings' functions with tourists' needs.

Firstly, we sketched several renderings for building renovations and scenic spot plannings, and then drafted two tourist routes as a standard two-day trip in Xinzhai sub-village. For day one, tourists could visit all main scenic spots. And for day two, tourists would enjoy 25-kilometer hiking with gorgeous canyon sceneries.

Using local bamboo, we designed a wooden bower with the simplest beam-string structure, which will serve as a resting place for tourists.

Residential renovation is taken apart into three design tasks, which include tourist information center and B&B, Mr.zhao restaurant, and solar school. I mainly took in charge of the tourist information center and B&B.

We chose this site to renovate the residential house into the tourist information center due to its excellent location. Firstly, it's nearby the entrance to the Xinzhai sub-village and the road to the next sub-village, which is also conducive to the future travel bus planning.

Secondly, the entrance used to be an important social place for villagers. We decided to move the original social place to the nearby unoccupied field and to offer an indoor space for villagers in the tourist information center as well.

At last, there are a large number of vegetable plots and large areas of woodland on the north side of the target site. Therefore, this place can be used as a parking lot as well as a viewing platform.

Moving the former social place, located at the sides of the main road, to the nearby unoccupied field ensures the safety of the villagers.

Building a bus station next to the road to the Nawang village benefits the future bus route design. Use local bamboo as basic materials to build the station.

Transforming the former stone-wall entrance into a glass box connects the courtyard with the outside sceneries.

We brought the glass walls with steel frames into the village for delivering new possibilities for the rural residential houses.

The original flat roof had collapsed, so we retained some part of stone walls and replaced the wooden roof structure into steel one.

Incorporating the local traditional rooftop pond and a range of plants, I designed a rooftop garden above the dining area. Not only enabling the house host to keep raising fishes, but also cooling the roof during the summer.

Apart from retaining part of the stone walls, I utilized the abandoned old roof tiles as hollow walls and combined them with the stone ones.

Steel frames are used to insert glass windows, bringing the sunlight into the inner space of the residential house.