Ancient Banyan Plaza Renovation / Atelier XÜK

Zhongxin Village is located in a mountain basin in Huizhou, Guangdong, China, where a river flows through a valley. The village has a history of over 700 years and is marked by two ancient banyan trees at its entrance. Most existing buildings were built in the 1990s using brick-concrete construction. In recent years, they were uniformly renovated with painted facades and added metal eaves, giving the village the texture of contemporary rural daily life of China.