Tree Tavern & Cave Teahouse / ARC Z Architects + Practice on Earth

Familiar Novelty |  Nostalgic Naivety — Under Fengyuzhu's overall curation, the village has been repositioned as the Ancient Banyan Literary Village. As a node within this larger framework, the project needed to do more than produce an architectural expression; it had to balance curatorial narrative, intensified new programs, and the memory of the site. From the outset, we approached the intervention with caution: the two houses still maintained a quiet relationship with the ancestral hall, and their original character deserved to be preserved. Yet the village fabric had already been fragmented by surrounding new villas, while the old houses themselves could hardly support the incoming programs of a tavern and a tea room.