Mio Path of Water Ụlọ Ezumike nke Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu

Ihe emepụtara bụ Mio Path of Water Ụlọ Ezumike nke Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu bụ onye meriri a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu nke 2026 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz na Udi Asọmpi Nhazi Ụlọ Owu, Ụlọ na Ihe Owuwu.

BronzỤlọ Owu· 2026

Mio Path of Water Ụlọ Ezumike

nke Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu

Onye Ahịa: Not A Hotel

Onye Meriri Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz na Udi Ụlọ Owu

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Nhazi a

Maka Mio Path of Water Ụlọ Ezumike

Mio Path of Water bụ ụlọ ezumike e mere maka ihu igwe mmiri ozuzo nke oke osimiri Yakushima, Japan. Ndị ọbịa na-abata n'okpuru ọnụ ụzọ mbata e kpuchiri ekpuchi ma gafee mpụta akọrọ nke mmiri ozuzo banye n'ime ebe obibi na ebe iri nri nke chere ihu n'oke osimiri. Ụlọ ime ụra atọ na-agbasapụ dịka ọnụ ụlọ dị jụụ, nke ọ bụla nwere ụlọ ịsa ahụ nke onwe ya, ka otu ndị mmadụ nwee ike ikekọrịta ụlọ ahụ na-enweghị mfu nke nzuzo ha. Ebe spa na-eso usoro dị mfe nke sauna, mmiri oyi ọmịmị, ebe ịsa ahụ na mbara ala ntụ oyi. Ihe owuwu ahụ na-ejikọta ígwè na elu ụlọ osisi dị arọ e kpughere ekpughe, ebe mkpuchi osisi cedar a gbara ọkụ na-echebe ihu ụlọ ahụ.

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Maka Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Mio Path of Water Ụlọ Ezumike meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Mio Path of Water Ụlọ Ezumike ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Mio Path of Water Ụlọ Ezumike na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

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Àgwà Pụrụ Iche: The project is on Yakushima’s maritime edge, where mist, downpour, and slow runoff are daily facts, the house is organized from the rooms outward. Each suite is a calibrated “channel” of water-as-experience: the shared areas stay quiet and supportive. Only after these three acts are set does the living space frame its context: sea at distance, pool nearby—two waters held on one calm line. The primary structure material of the house is steel—precise, slender, and resilient—so the rooms read cleanly. Only the living space departs from that language: here an exposed heavy-timber roof lifts the volume and warms it. The result is a house that makes weather into ambience, routine, and memory.
Nha & Mkpuchi: Height 9000 mm; Total floor area 298 sqm; construction area (incl. terraces) 586 sqm. Program: L/D, kitchen; 3 bedrooms each with 2× semi-double beds 1,200×1,950 mm + ensuite WC & shower. Spa: changing, sauna, cold plunge, bath, shower + adjacent cooling terrace. Pool depth 1,200 mm. Covered parking 2 bays. Outdoor equipment storage shed 70 sqm.
Mkpado: Yakushima, hospitality villa, wet-climate design, rain porch, sauna loop, indoor-outdoor living, charred cedar façade, ocean-view courtyard, modular arcade, minimalist timber architecture
Teknụzụ Mmepụta: Designed through iterative massing + view studies in Rhino/Grasshopper, then coordinated for constructability and lifecycle cost. Adaptive-reuse strategy uses hybrid structure system of steel and heavy timber to maximize constructability. Facade system: Shou Sugi Ban (Yakisugi) cedar cladding rainscreen + low-iron glazed wall with concealed frames; modular standing seam metal roof for tolerance control. CG/diagrams produced via real-time rendering + AI/PS post-compositing.
Ịma Aka Imepụta: The hardest challenge was reconciling Yakushima’s extreme rain, salt wind, and humidity with an open, resort-like lifestyle without turning the house into a sealed “box.” Internally, the concept had to respect local craft traditions while still feeling contemporary. Externally, strict competition limits (height, area, parking, pool/spa program) forced tight stacking and efficient circulation. Limited site-specific data pushed us to validate decisions through climate mapping, precedent benchmarking, and repeated plan/section tests until performance and experience aligned.
Nchọpụta: Applied site-response study. Objective: Yakushima villa for rain/humidity, privacy, ocean views. Method: fast plan/section iterations + guest-flow loop tests. Data/tools: climate/topo maps, precedents; Rhino/Grasshopper, AI implemented representation, render checks. Participants: designer + peer critiques. Result: rain-porch entry, bedroom pods, sauna-plunge-bath loop. Insight/impact: fewer conflicts, higher comfort; reusable wet-climate layout template.
Mkpali: "Mio" is a shallow water channel in Japanese: not a scene, a guide. The project adopts that ethic—draw clear paths and let climate do the rest. What Mio proposes is to let private rooms carry climate as character—morning mist, sudden shower, still flow—while a single timbered hall reads the site without theatrics. The result is a house that makes weather into ambience, routine, and memory.
Oge Ọrụ: The project was a design package for initiated in September 2025 and completed in February 2026 as a hospitality villa proposal for Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, and subsequently prepared for submission to the A’ Design Award.
Usoro Ọrụ: Guests arrive under the covered "porte-cochère" and enter a dry “rain porch” that transitions into the living/dining core facing the ocean. Bedrooms branch off like quiet nests, each with a private bath, so groups can share without stepping on each other’s rhythm. The spa is a simple loop: change - sauna - cold plunge - hot bath/shower - cool-down terrace, repeating as needed. Indoor and outdoor spaces slide into one another, letting the house work in sun, wind, and rain with minimal effort.
Patentị: Copyrights belong to Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu, Jiahua Xu, 2026.
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Ndị Otu: Ke Chen
Mengxi Xu
Jiahua Xu
Asụsụ Foto: Image #1: Creator (Design Team Lead) Jiahua Xu, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.
Image #2: Creator (Design Team Lead) Jiahua Xu, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.
Image #3: Creator (Design Team) Ke Chen, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.
Image #4: Creator (Design Team) Mengxi Xu, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.
Image #5: Creator (Design Team) Mengxi Xu, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.