Flowing Cloud Township Villa 환대는 by More Design Office is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 은상 in 건축, 건물 및 구조물 디자인 Competition Category.
은건축· 2023
Flowing Cloud Township Villa 환대는
Client: More Design Office
A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 건축 Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #142688The Design
About Flowing Cloud Township Villa 환대는
Flowing Cloud Township Villa는 항저우 퉁루 현의 100년 마을인 Qinglongwu에 위치해 있으며, 연령대가 다른 조상 가옥 4채와 신축 건물 2채로 구성되어 있습니다. MDO는 현지 기술, 재료 및 장인을 사용하여 오래된 구조물을 세심하게 개조하여 현지 문화와 전통을 기리는 새로운 농촌 휴양지를 만들 것입니다. 이곳에서 사람들은 자연과 더 가까워지고 현대 생활의 산만함에서 벗어나 긴장을 풀고 긴장을 풀 수 있습니다. 지역 전통을 보고, 지역 음식을 맛보기 위해.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 은상
Flowing Cloud Township Villa 환대는, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Flowing Cloud Township Villa 환대는, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Flowing Cloud Township Villa 환대는, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Flowing Cloud Township Villa is located in Qinglongwu，a centennial village in Tonglu County,Hangzhou,which is composed of 4 ancestral houses of different ages and 2 new buildings.
MDO will created a new rural retreat which celebrates local culture and tradition through the sensitive renovation of the old structures, using local techniques, materials and craftsmen. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Area:1300 Square meters
- Tags
- Rural Regen,Modern,Architectural Design,Sypmathetic renovation,Local craftsmen, Local technique, Interior,Commercial, Simple, Natural,Art
- Production Technology
- Main structure：Rammed earth, Reinforced concrete
Materials：Reclaimed timber, reclaimed roof tiles,rammed earth, glass and steel - Design Challenge
- The design process concerned how to maintain this patina of history, whilst carefully updating the buildings to be fit more modern use. MDO call this approach ‘sensitive renovation’, where we respect the existing structure but can still be brave in balancing the old and the new.
In nature, architecture is a foreign object which is inserted in a natural environment. So there are two possible ways to develop, one is to make the architecture integrate into its new environment, with materials, with its form, so that it blends with nature. An alternative is to treat it as ‘a visitor’, a foreign object which is deliberately in contrast with its surroundings. - Research
- The architecture and space of Flowing Cloud Township Villa are technical products of local crafts and culture.
Tonglu offers the visitor a unique experience different from a traditional luxury hotel. Here we can have a closer connection to nature, to be able to relax and unwind, free from the distractions of modern life. To see local tradition, to taste local foods. It’s about sharing the local tradition and passing them on to the next generation.
MDO think that if in the future the homestay changes and becomes a village again, then we have helped modernize the village, but in a sympathetic way which respects the old. MDO hope that this type of sympathetic renovation can be a model for other villages. - Inspiration
- MDO want visitors will be able to experience an environment in touch with the nature, a chance to disconnect from their busy urban lives. The retreat will offer new employment opportunities for local people, allowing them to share their rich cultural heritage.
The existing structures of rammed earth walls, historical windows and doors are all retained and refurbished. New elements are treated as modern insertions allowing guests to clearly read the relationship between the old and the new. - Project Duration
- The project started in Qinglongwu,Tonglu County,Hangzhou in June 2017 and finished in June 2021.
- Operation Flow
- The dilapidated roofs were restored and lifted to create more usually ceiling heights. A clerestory window was formed around the edge, allowing diffused light to penetrate the depths of the space, and guests can see the bamboo forest from any angle in the room.
The existing gloomy interiors were brightened by adding New metal frame windows into the walls following the haphazard patten of the existing timber windows. The design carefully considered the location of the new windows so the outside landscape is framed like paintings for the guests to enjoy from inside.
Two new buildings were created on the foundations of a collapsed structure and establish a new dialogue with the countryside and nature.
The surface of the new buildings are rough concrete. The concrete is allowed to weather, so that overtime they will be integrated into the landscape blurring the boundary between architecture and nature. The rough facade contrasts with the crisp windows which frame the softer, warmer interiors. - Team Members
- Architect: Justin Bridgland and Architect: Jaycee Chui
- Image Credits
- All materials on the site belong to More Design Office Co.,Ltd
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