Muh Shoou Xixi Deversorium by Shawn Cheung - GOA

Muh Shoou Xixi Deversorium by Shawn Cheung - GOA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Architectura Competition Category.

AurumArchitectura· 2020

Muh Shoou Xixi Deversorium

by Shawn Cheung - GOA

Client: GOA (Group of Architects）

Praemium A' Design Award Aureum Winner in Architectura Category

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The Design

About Muh Shoou Xixi Deversorium

Muh Shoou Xixi est deversorium intra Paludem Xixi collocatum. Deversorium ex quinque aedificiis vetustis, quae in eo loco stabant, renovatum est. Transformatio structurae interventu quam minimo facta est, ita ut aedificia cum silva circumiacente et systemate aquarum leniter coniungantur. Arbores quarum truncus diametrum decem centimetrorum vel maiorem habebat secundum speciem, nomen et radicum gradum notatae sunt, atque dispositio vegetationem originalem sequitur, praecipue arbores kaki. Aula convivalis trecentorum metrorum quadratorum fenestris a tribus lateribus circumdatur. Via aquatica ex forma terrae originali constituta adventum navigio permittit.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aureum

Muh Shoou Xixi Deversorium victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aureum, honoris amplissimi formis primi ordinis, mirabilibus et praestantibus dati. Victores Aurei sunt opera valde nova, provida et splendida, quae ingenium, sapientiam et peritiam auctorum suorum referunt. Exspectatur Muh Shoou Xixi Deversorium inventum laudatissimum, inclinationes creans et monumentale fore, quod pretium inauditum afferat. Haec forma Aureo praemio victa est incepto mirabile et honoratum, quod fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovet. Muh Shoou Xixi Deversorium cupiditatem vehementem excitat, studium accendit, ingenium creandi fovet et capit.

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