Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel by Shawn Cheung - GOA

Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel by Shawn Cheung - GOA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Arhitekture, Zgrada i Konstrukcija Competition Category.

ZlatoArhitektura· 2020

Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel

by Shawn Cheung - GOA

Client: GOA (Group of Architects）

Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Arhitektura Category

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The Design

About Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel

Muh Shoou Xixi je hotel smješten unutar močvarnog područja Xixi. Hotel je nastao renoviranjem pet starih zgrada koje su se nalazile na lokaciji. Strukturna transformacija izvedena je uz minimalnu intervenciju, tako da se zgrade skladno povezuju s okolnom šumom i vodenim sistemom. Stabla s prečnikom debla od 10 centimetara ili više evidentirana su prema vrsti, nazivu i nivou korijena, a raspored prati izvornu vegetaciju, uglavnom stabla hurme. Banket sala od 300 kvadratnih metara zatvorena je prozorima s tri strane. Vodeni put zasnovan na izvornom obliku terena omogućava dolazak čamcem.

The Recognition

About the Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award

Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel je pobjednik Zlatne nagrade A' Design Award, iznimno prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje prvorazrednim, čudesnim i izvanrednim dizajnima. Zlatni pobjednici iznimno su inovativne, vrlo vizionarske i blistavo zasljepljujuće kreacije koje odražavaju genij, mudrost i umijeće svojih dizajnera. Očekuje se da Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel bude vrlo hvaljen, trendovski i monumentalan izum koji pruža bezprecedentnu vrijednost. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Zlatnu nagradu A' Design Award spektakularan je, cijenjen projekt koji izuzetno koristi i pomjera granice umjetnosti, nauke, dizajna i tehnologije. Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel stvara snažne osjećaje želje, budi strast, podstiče kreativnost i fascinira nas.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The project boasts typical wetland ecology with water path, land route as well as native vegetation surrounding.
There are many kinds of plants surrounding the hotel, most of them are persimmon trees, among which the oldest tree is 100-year-old. The building team recorded root elevation, species and names of all trees with DBH of 10 cm one by one, and "weaved" the building into the environment so as to adapt to the layout of the original vegetation.
Dimensions & Packaging: GFA: 7000 square meters
Tags: integrate nature into design and reconstructing landscape
Production Technology: The banquet hall with plentiful lights is surrounded by 270 ° French window, and its indoor space covering an area of 300 ㎡ seamless blend with outdoor natural forests, lawns and waterside terrace. It would be a unique experience to hold a banquet, clothing show, auto show or any other activities in a such a forest-like place.

The design of water route is based on the original land-form of the wetland, enabling people who are accustomed to land transporting to travel along the ancient waterway to the hotel. In the water waves stirred by the oars, people could appreciate the beauty of Xixi Wetland from a different perspective.
Design Challenge: The hotel is renovated from five old buildings originally on this site. The challenge to architects is how to meet the needs of modern hotels in an ecologically optimal way. After making a large number of on-site investigations, architects completed the structural transformation and integrated system layout with extremely minimal intervention, so that the building could be connected with surrounding forest and water system smoothly.
Research: The hotel is renovated from five old buildings originally on this site. The challenge to architects is how to meet the needs of modern hotels in an ecologically optimal way. After making a large number of on-site investigations, architects completed the structural transformation and integrated system layout with extremely minimal intervention, so that the building could be connected with surrounding forest and water system smoothly. There are many kinds of plants surrounding the hotel, most of them are persimmon trees, among which the oldest tree is 100-year-old. The building team recorded root elevation, species and names of all trees with DBH of 10 cm one by one, and "weaved" the building into the environment so as to adapt to the layout of the original vegetation.
Inspiration: Muh Shoou Xixi originally means the last fruit left by farmers on the tree with the special intention of sharing it with animals in nature so as to pray for the harvest of the coming year. That's just where the name of Muh Shoou Xixi comes. The architect attempts to present the natural beauty of Xixi Wetland - coldness, quietness, uniqueness, wildness and seclusion - to visitors through the design and evoke the resonance between human and the primitive nature through the architecture.
Project Duration: The project started design in 2015 and finished in 2018.
Operation Flow: The architect attempts to present the natural beauty of Xixi Wetland - coldness, quietness, uniqueness, wildness and seclusion - to visitors through the design and evoke the resonance between human and the primitive nature through the architecture.
Team Members: Chief Architect: Zhang Xiaoxiao
Landscape Design: Z+T Studio, Landscape Architects
Image Credits: photographer: SHIROMIO Studio, Three Wind, ZHOU Yijin
Vedio copyrights: SHIROMIO Studio and GOA