Located in the ancient water town Xitang, NINE HOUSE is an Art-Stay house remodeled from a local family-own factory, holding both a guesthouse and a private gallery. It aims to address the topic of ‘transparency’ into traditional architecture, where the multiplicity of events, moments and interactions are crucial to its experience and memories of an living space. Inspiration has come from an understanding of the organic surrounding fabric and its contextual quality distilled from the ‘tranquil yet on-going’ vibrant lives of Xitang.