DESIGN CONCEPT

Husband and wife team Mr. Pan Shiyi and Ms. Zhang Xin are the co-founders of private real estate developer SOHO China.

Commune by the Great Wall is one of their most renowned projects, exhibited at the 2002 la Biennale di Venezia, and winning Zhang a special prize for her “bold personal initiative”

The Commune is a private collection of contemporary architecture designed by 12 Asian architects, set in a shared landscape where modernism and tradition blend together.

Distorted Courtyard is a distorted version of the traditional courtyard house. In one sense distorted from the normal square shaped plan due to the site topography & view orientation, and in another by creating flexible living areas – inside becomes outside and vice versa, realising the need to adapt to various user groups and activity patterns.

Sliding screens can subdivide spaces to allow for group activities or private seclusion. Finishes are kept minimal with white rendered walls, timber floors and stone paving.


FEATURES

The property has four bedrooms over three levels, with two levels of open air courtyards and a small terrace.

The Distorted Courtyard is a nice venue for private meetings, small news briefings and high-level meetings. Barbeque parties and other outdoors activities can be hosted on the terrace or in the open-air courtyards.


LOCATION

Located in the Shuiguan Mountains amidst 8 square kilometres of private land. Commune by the Great Wall is 1 hour’s drive away from Beijing Capital International Airport, 20 kilometres away from the main train station (Qing Long Qiao station) and 50 minutes’ drive from Beijing city centre, the property enjoys an easy access via the Badaling Expressway. 15 minutes’ drive from Badaling private airport, available for helicopters (20 minutes’ transfer from Beijing Capital International Airport) and small aircrafts on the 800 metres long runway.


RATES

Walnut Valley Presidential Villas – contact Commune for availability and pricing

Commune by the Great Wall is also open to the public. if villas are not occupied by guests, visitors are allowed inside & outside, otherwise just the exteriors are open for a fee of RMB 120 per person.

Stone Valley

Standard Rooms from RMB 2500 per night
Deluxe Rooms from RMB 3300 per night