Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel by Shawn Cheung - GOA

Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel by Shawn Cheung - GOA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Aur in Design de Arhitectură, Clădiri și Structuri Competition Category.

AurArhitectură· 2020

Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel

by Shawn Cheung - GOA

Client: GOA (Group of Architects）

A' Design Award de Aur Winner in Arhitectură Category

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The Design

About Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel

Muh Shoou Xixi este un hotel amplasat în Zona Umedă Xixi. Hotelul a fost renovat din cinci clădiri vechi care existau pe amplasament. Transformarea structurală a fost realizată cu o intervenție minimă, astfel încât clădirile se conectează armonios cu pădurea înconjurătoare și cu sistemul de apă. Copacii cu un diametru al trunchiului de 10 centimetri sau mai mult au fost înregistrați după specie, nume și nivelul rădăcinilor, iar amenajarea urmează vegetația originală, formată în principal din arbori de kaki. O sală de banchet de 300 de metri pătrați este delimitată de ferestre pe trei laturi. Un traseu pe apă bazat pe relieful original permite sosirea cu barca.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Aur

Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel a câștigat A' Design Award de Aur, o recunoaștere nespus de prestigioasă acordată designurilor de prim rang, minunate și remarcabile. Câștigătorii Aurului sunt creații extrem de inovatoare, vizionare și orbitor de strălucitoare, care reflectă geniul, înțelepciunea și măiestria designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel să fie o invenție foarte lăudată, creatoare de tendințe și monumentală, care oferă o valoare fără precedent. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Aur este un proiect spectaculos și respectat, care aduce mari beneficii și împinge limitele artei, științei, designului și tehnologiei. Muh Shoou Xixi Hotel creează sentimente intense de dorință, trezește pasiunea, încurajează creativitatea și fascinează.

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