NAO designed Villa 62 to collect the changing weather of the desert. The outside of Villa 62 is like a continuous shelving system. The skin is designed to keep weather elements on the facade. Thus the house is hidden under the snow, sand, rain or moss; it depended by the season of the year.
The shape of Villa 62 is like a contoured hilltop. The hills in inner mongolia are traditionally contoured to collect and preserve ground and water from dispersion into the desert.
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