Studio Avoid designs Grotto Retreat Xiyaotou to evoke ancient cave dwellings

Studio Avoid has completed a retreat in China's Hebei province comprising a series of cave-like brick-clad pods connected by a raised walkway.
The village of Xiyaotou in the Zhangjiakou prefecture contains a network of traditional cave dwellings, which provided the inspiration for the interconnected vertical pods forming the Grotto Retreat Xiyaotou.
Grotto Retreat Xiyaotou consists of interconnected vertical pods (top and above)
"The design concept starts with the radical difference between the