Flowing Cloud Township Villa مہمان نوازی by More Design Office

Flowing Cloud Township Villa مہمان نوازی by More Design Office is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام in فنِ تعمیر، عمارت تے ڈھانچا ڈیزائن Competition Category.

چاندیفنِ تعمیر· 2023

Flowing Cloud Township Villa مہمان نوازی

by More Design Office

Client: More Design Office

A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام Winner in فنِ تعمیر Category

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The Design

About Flowing Cloud Township Villa مہمان نوازی

فلونگ کلاؤڈ ٹاؤن شپ ولا قنگلونگوو وچ واقع اے، جیڑھا ٹونگلو کاؤنٹی، ہانگژو دا سو سال پراݨا پنڈ اے، جیڑھا چار مختلف عمراں دے آبائی گھراں تے دو نویں عمارتاں تے مشتمل اے۔ ایم ڈی او پراݨیاں عمارتاں دی احتیاط نال مرمت دے ذریعے، مقامی تکنیکاں، سامان تے کاریگراں دا استعمال کریندے ہوئے، اک نواں دیہی آرام گاہ بݨائیسی جیڑھا مقامی ثقافت تے روایت دی تعظیم کریندا اے۔ ایتھاں لوک قدرت نال نیڑے دا رشتہ رکھ سڳدے ہن، آرام تے سکون حاصل کر سڳدے ہن، جدید زندگی دیاں مشغولیات توں آزاد تھی کے۔ مقامی روایتاں ویکھݨ لئی، مقامی پکواناں دا مزا لَئݨ لئی۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام

Flowing Cloud Township Villa مہمان نوازی A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام دا جتݨ والا ہے، غیر معمولی حد تئیں معزز پچھاݨ جیڑھی اعلیٰ ترین درجے دے، شاندار تے متاثر کرݨ والے ڈیزائناں کوں ݙتی ویندی ہے۔ چاندی دے جتݨ والے بہوں روشن تے انتہائی تخلیقی کم ہن، جیڑھے اپݨے ڈیزائنراں دی شاندار مہارت، صلاحیت تے ذہانت کوں ظاہر کریندے ہن۔ Flowing Cloud Township Villa مہمان نوازی کنوں امید کیتی ویندی ہے جو او ہک شاندار نمائشی کم ہوسی، قابل ذکر حد تئیں پیشہ ورانہ تے گہری جدت والا۔ ایہ ڈیزائن جنہاں A' Design Award چاندی دا انعام جتیا ہے، ہک انتہائی قابل ذکر، سراہی ہوئی ایجاد ہے جیڑھی فائدہ ݙیندی ہے تے فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن تے ٹیکنالوجی دیاں حداں ودھیندی ہے۔ Flowing Cloud Township Villa مہمان نوازی ہک ایجھی تخلیق ہے جنہاں تے ڈھیر لوک حسد کریندے ہن، جیڑھی خواہشاں جگیندی ہے، مثبت جذبے آݨیندی ہے تے حیرت تے تعجب دی چنگاری بالیندی ہے۔

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