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 A' Design Award in Gold in Architektur-, Gebäude- und Bauwerksdesign Competition Category.

GoldArchitektur· 2020

Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel

by Shawn Cheung - GOA

Client: GOA (Group of Architects）

A' Design Award in Gold Winner in Architektur Category

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The Design

About Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel

Muh Shoou Xixi ist ein Hotel inmitten des Xixi-Feuchtgebiets. Das Hotel entstand durch die Sanierung von fünf alten Gebäuden, die sich bereits auf dem Grundstück befanden. Der bauliche Umbau erfolgte mit minimalem Eingriff, sodass sich die Gebäude harmonisch in den umgebenden Wald und das Wassersystem einfügen. Bäume mit einem Stammdurchmesser von 10 Zentimetern oder mehr wurden nach Art, Bezeichnung und Wurzelniveau erfasst; die Anordnung der Baukörper folgt dem ursprünglichen Bewuchs, vor allem den Kakibäumen. Ein 300 Quadratmeter großer Bankettsaal ist an drei Seiten von Fenstern umschlossen. Ein auf der ursprünglichen Geländeform basierender Wasserweg ermöglicht die Anreise mit dem Boot.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Gold

Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Gold, einer überaus prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, wunderbare und herausragende Designs. Gold-Gewinner sind äußerst innovative, visionäre und glamourös blendende Schöpfungen, die das Genie, die Weisheit und die Meisterschaft ihrer Designer widerspiegeln. Von Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgepriesene, trendsetzende und monumentale Erfindung ist, die beispiellosen Mehrwert liefert. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Gold prämierte Design ist ein spektakuläres, respektiertes Projekt, das den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie in hohem Maße zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel erzeugt intensive Gefühle des Verlangens, weckt Leidenschaft, ermutigt zur Kreativität und fasziniert uns.

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