Mio Path of Water Axxam n Yimuras sɣur Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu d anerbaz yettwaqadren meqqren n 2026 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz deg Taggayt n Tnaflit n Afeṣṣel n Tansekta, Lebni d Teɣssa.
LbrunzTansekta· 2026
Mio Path of Water Axxam n Yimuras
sɣur Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu
Amsaɣ: Not A Hotel
Anerbaz n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz deg Taggayt n Tansekta
Anerbaz n Urraz Yettwasenqden
Senqed Addad n Urraz i #180563Afeṣṣel
Ɣef Mio Path of Water Axxam n Yimuras
Mio Abrid n Waman d axxam n yimuras yettwaxedmen i ugama n lḥif n ugeffur deg rrif n yilel n Yakushima, deg Japun. Inebgawen ttawḍen ddaw n tewwurt yettwaɣummen, zeggren asqif aquran n ugeffur ɣer wammas n tuddar d wučči i d-yezzin ɣer yilel. Kraḍ n texxamin n yiḍes ttwabḍant d timnaḍin n tsusmi, yal yiwet ɣur-s taxxamt n tarda tusligt, akken igrawen ad zemren ad bḍun axxam war ma sruḥen tabaḍnit-nsen. Aspa yeṭṭafar abrid aḥerfi n sawna, aɣmas deg waman isemmaḍen, tarda akked ssqef n usismeḍ. Lebni yesdukkel uzzal akked ssqef n usɣar aẓayan i d-ibanen, ma d aɣummu n usɣar n sidr yerɣan yettḥarab tanyudt n uxxam.
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Ɣef Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz
Mio Path of Water Axxam n Yimuras d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeṭṭafaren tinawt, tamusni d tezmert. Imerbaḥen n Lbrunz d isnulfa yelhan, ttbanen d timusniwin n tmusni n yimahilen-nsen. Mio Path of Water Axxam n Yimuras ad yili d asnulfu yettwaɛezzen, yelhan, amaynut. Mio Path of Water Axxam n Yimuras yettemlil ɣef yimawlan, yettwaɛezzen s tmahilt-is.
Deffir n ufeṣṣel
Tagrurt n tɣamsa
Ismawen n terbaɛt, iferdisen itiknikanen akked telɣut i d-yefka umeṣṣufeɣ.
- Taɣara Tasuft
- 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.
- Tigejdiwin & Akemmus
- 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.
- Tibzimin
- Yakushima, hospitality villa, wet-climate design, rain porch, sauna loop, indoor-outdoor living, charred cedar façade, ocean-view courtyard, modular arcade, minimalist timber architecture
- Tasnakta n Ufares
- 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.
- Asewḥel n Usnulfu
- 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.
- Anadi
- 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.
- Aseḥbiber
- "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.
- Tanzagt n Usenfar
- 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.
- Tanila n Umahil
- 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.
- Ibrivan
- Copyrights belong to Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu, Jiahua Xu, 2026.
No patents filed.
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- Ke Chen
Mengxi Xu
Jiahua Xu - Imsuren n Tugniwin
- 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.
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