Mio Path of Water Omah Preinan dening Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu

Karya Mio Path of Water Omah Preinan dening Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu minangka pemenang sing diajeni banget saka A' Design Award Perunggu 2026 sing bergengsi ing Kategori Kompetisi Desain Arsitektur, Bangunan lan Struktur.

PerungguArsitektur· 2026

Mio Path of Water Omah Preinan

dening Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu

Klien: Not A Hotel

Pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu ing Kategori Arsitektur

5,950

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Verifikasi Status Penghargaan kanggo #180563

Deleng ing A' Design Award Siaran Pers Lencana Penghargaan

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Babagan Mio Path of Water Omah Preinan

Mio Path of Water yaiku omah preinan sing dirancang kanggo iklim pesisir udan ing Yakushima, Jepang. Para tamu teka liwat lawang mlebu sing dipayoni lan ngliwati emper udan sing garing menyang ruang inti kanggo lungguh lan mangan sing madhep menyang segara. Telung kamar turu suite misah dadi ruang-ruang sing tentrem, saben kamar duwe kamar mandi pribadi, saengga rombongan bisa nginep bebarengan ing omah iki tanpa kelangan privasi. Ana spa sing nuruti alur prasaja saka sauna, adus banyu adhem, adus, lan teras kanggo ngadhemake awak. Struktur bangunan iki nggabungake waja karo payon kayu abot sing dietokake, lan lapisan kayu cemara sing diobong nglindhungi fasad omah.

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Babagan A' Design Award Perunggu

Mio Path of Water Omah Preinan menang A' Design Award Perunggu, pangenalan sing prestisius banget sing diparingake marang desain sing luar biasa sing dicirikake dening kreativitas, kapinteran lan kaweruh sing landhep. Pemenang Perunggu iku artefak sing trampil banget lan kreatif banget sing mbuktekake pengalaman sing jembar, imajinasi lan kapinteran para desainer. Mio Path of Water Omah Preinan dikarepake dadi barang sing dihargai banget, dikagumi lan ditresnani, profesional lan inovatif banget. Desain sing menang A' Design Award Perunggu iki ngemot praktik sing paling apik ing seni, sains, desain lan teknologi, lan apik banget ing perhatiane marang rincian. Mio Path of Water Omah Preinan nyukupi kabutuhan kanthi apik, nutul kekarepan, ngaya rasa lan narik rasa pengin weruh.

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Kredit, anggota tim lan detail teknis sing diwenehake dening desainer.

Sifat Unik: 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.
Ukuran & Kemasan: 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.
Tag: Yakushima, hospitality villa, wet-climate design, rain porch, sauna loop, indoor-outdoor living, charred cedar façade, ocean-view courtyard, modular arcade, minimalist timber architecture
Teknologi Produksi: 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.
Tantangan Desain: 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.
Riset: 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.
Inspirasi: "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.
Durasi Proyek: 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.
Alur Operasi: 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.
Paten: Copyrights belong to Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu, Jiahua Xu, 2026.
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Anggota Tim: Ke Chen
Mengxi Xu
Jiahua Xu
Kredit Gambar: 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.