Flowing Cloud Township Villa Гостопримството by More Design Office is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Сребрена награда A' Design Award in Дизајн на архитектура, градби и конструкции Competition Category.
СребренаАрхитектура· 2023
Flowing Cloud Township Villa Гостопримството
Client: More Design Office
Сребрена награда A' Design Award Winner in Архитектура Category
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The Design
About Flowing Cloud Township Villa Гостопримството
Вилата „Flowing Cloud Township“ се наоѓа во Qinglongwu, стогодишно село во округот Тонглу, Хангжу, кое е составено од 4 куќи на предци од различна возраст и 2 нови згради. МДО ќе создаде ново рурално прибежиште кое ја слави локалната култура и традиција преку чувствително реновирање на старите структури, користејќи локални техники, материјали и занаетчии. Овде луѓето можат да имаат поблиска врска со природата, да можат да се релаксираат и да се релаксираат, ослободени од одвлекувањата на современиот живот. Да се види локалната традиција, да се вкуси локалната храна.
The Recognition
About the Сребрена награда A' Design Award
Flowing Cloud Township Villa Гостопримството е добитник на Сребрената награда A' Design Award, извонредно престижно признание што се доделува на врвни, прекрасни и импресивни дизајни. Сребрените добитници се исклучително бриљантни и многу креативни дела што ја покажуваат одличната стручност, талентот и проникливоста на нивните дизајнери. Се очекува Flowing Cloud Township Villa Гостопримството да биде прекрасно, примерно, извонредно професионално и длабоко иновативно дело. Овој дизајн со Сребрена награда е значаен, восхитуван пронајдок што придонесува за поместување на границите на уметноста, науката, дизајнот и технологијата. Flowing Cloud Township Villa Гостопримството е творба на која многумина и завидуваат, која ги буди желбите, носи позитивни чувства и предизвикува восхит и чудење.
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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