Muh Shoou Xixi Hōkele by Shawn Cheung - GOA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.
GulaHoʻolālā Hale· 2020
Muh Shoou Xixi Hōkele
Client: GOA (Group of Architects）
A' Design Award Gula Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category
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About Muh Shoou Xixi Hōkele
He hōkele ʻo Muh Shoou Xixi i kūkulu ʻia i loko o ka ʻāina pulu ʻo Xixi. Ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia ka hōkele mai nā hale kahiko ʻelima i kū ma ia wahi. Ua hana ʻia ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka hale me ke komo iki loa, i pili maikaʻi ai nā hale me ka ululāʻau a me ka ʻōnaehana wai e hoʻopuni ana. Ua kākau ʻia nā kumulāʻau me ke anawaena kumu he 10 kenimika a ʻoi ma ka lāhui, ka inoa, a me ka pae o ke aʻa, a hahai ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka ulu lāʻau kumu mua, ʻo ia hoʻi nā kumulāʻau pesimona. Ua hoʻopuni ʻia kahi keʻena ʻahaʻaina he 300 mika kuea e nā pukaaniani ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻekolu. Ma o kahi ala wai i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka ʻano o ka ʻāina kumu mua, hiki ke hōʻea aku ma ka waʻapā.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Gula
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Muh Shoou Xixi Hōkele i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Muh Shoou Xixi Hōkele he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Muh Shoou Xixi Hōkele i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.
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
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