an ethereal haven with a restful atmosphere in hangzhou: sisan hupao 1934 project by syy decoration design

architecture by shafa diandra

a vicar, in 1934, of a catholic church in hangzhou made a purchase of a tract of land, adjacent to hupao spring, onto which a villa was about to be constructed; the villa thereafter was accredited as a historic building.

the bygone 82 years seem to have resulted in the erasure of its prior history and wiped out its recognition from the people’s memory, dilapidated and uninhabitable. this villa, having undergone thoroughgoing repairs and refurbishment for a four-year span from 2016 to 2020, made a comeback to the high visibility in the marketplace, and was christened ‘sisan hupao 1934’ (hereinafter referred as ‘sisan’).