Art Farm Casa d'hostes by Chen Xu and Gabriele Goretti

Art Farm Casa d'hostes by Chen Xu and Gabriele Goretti is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny d'Hostaleria, Lleure, Viatges i Turisme Competition Category.

ArgentHostaleria· 2020

Art Farm Casa d'hostes

by Chen Xu and Gabriele Goretti

Client: Nanjing liangzhu management company

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Hostaleria Category

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The Design

About Art Farm Casa d'hostes

Art Farm és una casa d'hostes a Nanquín, la Xina, creada a partir d'una antiga masia. L'edifici ocupa uns 1.200 metres quadrats. La planta baixa acull una zona de recepció, una sala multifuncional, un menjador i una habitació per a hostes. A la primera planta hi ha sis habitacions per a hostes, i a la segona planta hi ha una gran habitació amb banyera. Els detalls de llautó i les formes geomètriques abstractes es combinen amb elements locals de Jiangnan. Les parets són de color blau fosc, i el mobiliari i els sofàs són vermells i taronges. L'interior pretén oferir als hostes una experiència immersiva de l'art.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Art Farm Casa d'hostes és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Art Farm Casa d'hostes sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Art Farm Casa d'hostes és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Artfarm guest house is located in Nanjing Sujia creative town, Its unique natural environment has turned this area into a popular place for downtown people outing in the weekend. Many house owners in the town have reconstracted their farmhouses into unique accommodations for guests to provide the residential services. In this poject, the owner of guesthouse wants to bring guests an artistic experience while to stay in this guesthouse.
Dimensions & Packaging: The construction area is about 1200 square meters, on the first floor includes a reception area, a multifunctional room, a dinning room and a guest room, on the second floor there are 6 guest rooms, on the third floor, there is one big guest room with bathtub.
Tags: nature, panoramic view, culture blending, brass, immersive experience
Production Technology: The main feature of the interior design is all guest rooms are decorated with brass on the wall and angles and the elements can be found on the customized furniture,which give the gusetroom a unique atmosphere and a correlation between each rooms, the main pating material on the internal wall is resina.
Design Challenge: The design celebrates the evolutionary transformation of an originally farmhouse into a strong east-meets-west style art house. Small, playful details make the rooms unique, such as the brass material, which remind the guests Art Deco style. The Bluestone Slab tiles on the entrance floor prod the guest back to Jiangnan(ancient Chinese) time. Close-finish painting on the surface of the furniture and brass element in detail places give each room an individual character. The whole project has been done with limit budget.
Research: The interior design follows the art farm concept,walls in dark blue, furniture and sofas in red and orange,curtains with brass colour at the bottom part, finally to bring the guests an immersive experience of art.
Inspiration: The concept of this guesthouse is by using brass element and abstract geometric shapes to create a new Art Deco style guesthouse and integrate with Jiangnan elements in order to present a combination of Chinese and Western luxury taste space.
Project Duration: The project started in Sep 2018 and finished in Apr 2019 in Nanjing, China.
Operation Flow: The artfarm guesthouse should become a temporary home of the guest,meeting point, regeneration and recreational center as well as relax space or base camp for families, sportsmen and connoisseurs. Following the concept to bring the guests a immersive experience of art.
Patents: Trademark(2018)Trademark Holder:liangzhu management company
Team Members: Arch:Gabriele Goretti
Image Credits: Main image is Image #1: Photographer Han Chen, Variations, 2019.Optional Image #1: Photographer Han Chen, Variations, 2019.Optional Image #2: Photographer Han Chen, Variations, 2019.Optional Image #3: Photographer Han Chen, Variations, 2019.Optional Image #4: Photographer Han Chen, Variations, 2019.
Video Credits: editor Chen Xu, Variations, 2019.