Zenstay Primary Function: বুটিক হোটেল by Shengzhe Shen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ, ᱤᱢᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱲᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ· 2022
Zenstay Primary Function: বুটিক হোটেল
Client: Zen-In Architects
A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ Category
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About Zenstay Primary Function: বুটিক হোটেল
Zenstay ᱫᱚ China ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Zhoushan ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Dongji ᱫᱭᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱩᱴᱤᱠ ᱦᱚᱴᱮᱞ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ ᱛᱟᱞᱟᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱩᱞ ᱫᱷᱤᱨᱤ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱨᱩᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱟᱠᱨᱨᱛᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱴᱮᱠᱥᱪᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱩ ᱠᱚ ᱯᱟᱱᱛᱮ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱢᱩᱞ ᱫᱷᱤᱨᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱠᱟᱢ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟ� ᱫᱚ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱼᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱯᱩᱸᱰ ᱵᱞᱚᱠ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱟᱱᱛᱟ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱡᱩᱲᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱟᱴᱨᱤᱭᱟᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱷᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱦᱟᱴᱤᱸᱡ ᱠᱚ ᱡᱩᱲᱟᱣ ᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱾ ᱢᱟᱞᱚ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱚᱱᱠᱨᱤᱴ, ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱥᱞᱟᱨ, ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱞᱟᱨᱪ ᱥᱟᱠᱟᱢ, ᱵᱮᱶᱦᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱜᱟᱨᱟᱭ ᱴᱟᱭᱤᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱴᱟᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱦᱚᱴᱮᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱨᱮᱭ ᱫᱚᱨᱭᱟ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱚᱰᱮᱱ ᱨᱩᱢ ᱠᱚ, ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱮᱥᱴᱩᱨᱮᱸᱴ, ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱟᱨ, ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱚᱱᱯᱷᱟᱨᱮᱱᱥ ᱨᱩᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱯᱞᱮᱴᱯᱷᱚᱨᱢ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Zenstay Primary Function: বুটিক হোটেল ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Zenstay Primary Function: বুটিক হোটেল ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Based on local dwelling and natural texture, the reconstruction project aimed at improving quality of living for visitors by generating functional spaces satisfy both needs of traditional culture and modern experience under the seemingly dramatically opposite old and new architectural forms. While preserving the original structure to the largest extent, novel white blocks were inserted to establish continuity between detached public spaces. At the same time, atrium and staircase offered a smooth transition between the old and new and with a purpose to strengthen the harmonious and stable of the place.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Site area: 456 square meters, covered area: 733 square meters.
Original area: 318 square meters, new area: 415 square meters.
Including, 9 sea view guest rooms, 1 restaurant, 1 sober bar, 1 conference room and 1 full viewing multifunctional platform. - Tags
- Hotel, Residential, Adaptive renovation, Interventional reconstruction, Sustainable idea, Rural design, Rebirth, Island, Stone house, Low tech, Regional cultural
- Production Technology
- Structure: Original stone-timber structure, Frame structure.
Material: Concrete, Local ashlar, Red block, Old Larch wood, Used grey tiles, Stucco, Soil stabilizer.
Construction team: Local Builders. - Design Challenge
- In the process, there were series of difficulties overcame by folk wisdom and design strategy on the islands far away from the mainland without large construction machinery and vehicles. The concrete was poured by terrain and gravity, after transported to the top of the hillside by human and animal power. Trying to keep the traditional houses details and unique living experience, we combined modern materials with local craft as well. For example, the original style of the ashlar wall was put back to normal by soil stabilizer and loess. We had to face bad weather and goods shortage where could be more difficult than on the mainland.
- Research
- Thanks to the project, we explored the traditional stone house in island to construct skills as an appropriate technology (low tech), regional cultural of reference, its interventional reconstruction of the possibility and its sustainable idea of the necessity and reflection. By the protection of the original fabric and the innovation of the new format, we turned the old stone house of the rural island into a rebirth.
- Inspiration
- Zenstay Boutique Hotel is the ideal home for a post-80s couple on Dongji Island, the eastern end of mainland China, a original stone house on a hillside. Watching tides rise and fall, weathered by time and elements, stone houses create the rustic island culture and the beauty of years. The "local dwelling" and "natural texture" were the entry points for the design.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2017 in Dongji Island, Zhoushan and finished in February 2019.
- Operation Flow
- In fact, most border islands have two sides of extremes — the cultural enclaves locked in the past and the hot spots for literary youth. Natural, traditional or fashion, postmodern would be conflicting and symbiotic. The design of Zenstay Boutique Hotel has both traditional and novel aspects as well, trying to cater the functional and scene requirements from its two aspects with a sincere and simple attitude.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Shengzhe Shen, 2021.
- Team Members
- Lead Architect: Shengzhe Shen
Architect: Yixin Guo
Structural Design: Wei Chen - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Weiqi Jin, Aerial night view, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer Weiqi Jin, Main facade, 2020.
Image #3: Photographer Weiqi Jin, Platform, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer Weiqi Jin, Old and new, 2020.
Image #5: Photographer Weiqi Jin, Guest room, 2020.
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