Photography: Ouyang Yun
11 / 11 / 2025
The AD FUTURE project is born in the heart of Guangdong Province, in Southern China, inviting new generations to travel through the past, present and future.
It's more than just the renovation of a Shuangbeijian, a type of historic Chaoshan house; the space, which used to be home to the AD ARCHITECTURE studio, now establishes a dialogue between memories of urban life and the traditional rural context.
Among historic masonry and contemporary red blocks, this concept presents a space that is simultaneously a tea house, café, gallery, beauty salon, fashion catwalk, hotel, and photography studio. Each object – from vintage rattan to polished steel – tells a story, while sunlight and air are honoured guests that shape the environment.
Among historic masonry and contemporary red blocks, this concept presents a space that is simultaneously a tea house, café, gallery, beauty salon, fashion catwalk, hotel, and photography studio. Each object – from vintage rattan to polished steel – tells a story, while sunlight and air are honoured guests that shape the environment.
The studio balances intimacy, comfort and art, offering premium visitors a haven of solitude, contemplation and intense connection, where a variety of social and cultural dynamics are set in motion.
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