Mio Path of Water Trano Fialan-tsasatra nataon'i Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu

Ny endrika Mio Path of Water Trano Fialan-tsasatra nataon'i Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu dia mpandresy sarobidy amin'ny 2026 A' Design Award Varahina amin'ny Sokajin'ny Fifanintsanana Famolavolana Maritrano, Trano ary Rafitra.

VarahinaMaritrano· 2026

Mio Path of Water Trano Fialan-tsasatra

nataon'i Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu

Mpanjifa: Not A Hotel

Mpandresy A' Design Award Varahina amin'ny Sokajy Maritrano

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Jereo ao amin'ny A' Design Award Fanambarana ho an'ny Mpanao Gazety Marika Loka

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Ny Endrika

Momba ny Mio Path of Water Trano Fialan-tsasatra

Mio Path of Water dia trano fialan-tsasatra novolavolaina ho an'ny toetrandro morontsiraka be orana ao Yakushima, Japana. Tonga eo ambanin'ny fidirana misy tafo ny vahiny ary mandalo lavarangana maina fiarovana amin'ny orana mankany amin'ny ivon-trano fipetrahana sy fisakafoanana mitodika mankany amin'ny ranomasina. Misy efitrano fatoriana telo misampana ho efitrano mangina, samy manana efitra fandroana manokana, ka afaka mizara ny trano ny vondron'olona nefa tsy very ny fiainany manokana. Ny spa dia manaraka fizotra tsotra ahitana sauna, dobo rano mangatsiaka, fandroana ary lavarangana fampangatsiahana. Ny rafitry ny trano dia mampifangaro vy amin'ny tafo hazo matevina miharihary, ary ny fandrakofana sedera nodorana no miaro ny endrika ivelany.

Ny Fankasitrahana

Momba ny A' Design Award Varahina

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ny famolavolana Mio Path of Water Trano Fialan-tsasatra, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana miavaka izay mampiavaka ny fahaiza-mamorona, ny fahazotoana ary ny fahamaotinan-tsaina. Ny mpandresy Varahina dia zavatra vita tanana mahay dia mahay ary mamorona mivantana izay manamafy ny traikefa be dia be, ny sarintsaina ary ny fahaizan-kafoy an'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho zavatra ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana, mahay amin'ny asa sady vaovao ny famolavolana Mio Path of Water Trano Fialan-tsasatra. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ity dia mitahiry ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia, ary tsara indrindra amin'ny fitandremana ny antsipirihany. Ny famolavolana Mio Path of Water Trano Fialan-tsasatra dia mahafa-po ny filana tsara, mikasika ny faniriana, mahasarika ny fihetseham-po ary misarika ny fahalianana.

Ao Ambadiky ny Endrika

Fitaovana ho an'ny Mpanao Gazety

Fankasitrahana, mpikambana ao amin'ny ekipa ary antsipiriany teknika nomen'ny mpanao endrika.

Toetra Manokana: 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.
Refy & Fonosana: 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.
Marika: Yakushima, hospitality villa, wet-climate design, rain porch, sauna loop, indoor-outdoor living, charred cedar façade, ocean-view courtyard, modular arcade, minimalist timber architecture
Teknolojia Famokarana: 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.
Fanamby Endrika: 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.
Fikarohana: 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.
Aingam-panahy: "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.
Faharetan'ny Tetikasa: 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.
Fizotr'asa: 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.
Patanta: Copyrights belong to Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu, Jiahua Xu, 2026.
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Mpikambana ao amin'ny Ekipa: Ke Chen
Mengxi Xu
Jiahua Xu
Loharanon-tsary: 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.