七套商品房 Seven Condos（2001-2003）

从九十年代开始，郑国谷和他的朋友们曾以“一美设计（Young Man）”的名义从事建筑和室内设计多年。在多年受甲方委托从事空间设计之后，《七套商品房》（2001-2003）是郑国谷第一次让自己作为甲方委托自己进行建筑设计。他感兴趣的是如何将个体的建筑寄生在一个大的公共建筑里边，从而完成了他的第一个“建筑理想”。

  “七套商品房”是郑国谷和家人日常居住的空间，这意味着要更多考量建筑空间与居住者之间的关系。为此，郑国谷在不断的测试中找到了植物与植物之间、植物与人之间共生的规律。这个项目为郑国谷日后更具挑战性的建筑空间实验积累了经验。在后来的“阳江组合”工作室的建筑中，我们可以看到“七套商品房”室内空间的影子；而“七套商品房”顶层的植物生态系统，又预示了和未来的“了园”的深刻联系。

From the 1990s onward, Zheng Guogu and his friends worked in the architectural and interior design industry under the name of “Young Man”. After several years of working on commission to design spaces for clients, Seven Condos (2001-2003) is the first time Zheng Guogu commissions himself to realise an architectural design. He was interested in building a personal residence that is parasitic in a larger public architecture, finally accomplishing his “architectural ideal”.

Seven Condos is the primary residence of Zheng Guogu and his family, meaning that the relationship between the architectural space and its residents required more thoughts and considerations. For that, Zheng Guogu has discovered the pattern of co-existence between plants and other plants, as well as plants with humans through his continuous experimentation. 

The project of Seven Condos was a precious experience for his more challenging architectural experiments that were yet to come. In the building of Yangjiang Group’s studio which started in 2009, we can see the influence from the interior of Seven Condos, while the rooftop ecosystem at Seven Condos indicates its deep connections with the future Liao Garden.