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Alila Wuzhen Hotel by Lu Hao and Zhang Xun - G O A

Alila Wuzhen Hotel by Lu Hao and Zhang Xun - G O A is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zlata nagrada A' Design Award in Arhitektura, gradnja in oblikovanje konstrukcij Competition Category.


ZlataArhitektura· 2020

Alila Wuzhen Hotel

by Lu Hao and Zhang Xun - G O A

Client: GOA (Group of Architects)

Zlata nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Arhitektura Category

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The Design

About Alila Wuzhen Hotel

Alila Wuzhen je hotel, ki ga navdihujejo vodna mesta južno od reke Jangce. Celotna zasnova jemlje za svoj prototip tradicionalne vasi te regije ter ohranja njihove prostorske oblike, osnovne elemente, merila stavb in barvna razmerja. Neposrednim dekorativnim elementom se izogiba, namesto njih pa so uporabljeni kakovostni materiali, preproste konstrukcije in umirjene sodobne barve. Široke steklene površine, velika vratna krila in globoko previsni napušči tvorijo neprekinjen in urejen okvir. Ulice, uličice in dvorišča so dobili nove funkcije. Hotel obsega 25000 kvadratnih metrov.

The Recognition

About the Zlata nagrada A' Design Award

Alila Wuzhen Hotel je prejemnik Zlate nagrade A' Design Award, neizmerno prestižnega priznanja, ki se podeljuje prvovrstnim, čudovitim in izvrstnim oblikovanjem. Prejemniki Zlate nagrade so izjemno inovativne, vizionarske in bleščeče osupljive stvaritve, ki odražajo genij, modrost in mojstrstvo svojih oblikovalcev. Od Alila Wuzhen Hotel se pričakuje, da bo zelo hvaljen, trende postavljajoč in monumentalen izum, ki prinaša brezprecedenčno vrednost. To oblikovanje, nagrajeno z Zlato nagrado A' Design Award, je spektakularno, spoštovano delo, ki v veliki meri koristi in premika meje umetnosti, znanosti, oblikovanja in tehnologije. Alila Wuzhen Hotel ustvarja intenzivna čustva želje, prebuja strast, spodbuja ustvarjalnost in nas prevzame.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
This project overall pattern takes villages south of the Yangtze River as its prototype, and retains the spatial forms, basic elements, architectural scales and color relations of traditional tribes. The tranquil water surface and pure architectural form are well coordinated, which perfectly reflects the multi-level and semi-transparent relations between buildings, between buildings and plants, as well as between buildings and water surface.
Dimensions & Packaging
GFA: 25000 square meters
Tags
Maze, Minimalist, Village, Abstract, Nature
Production Technology
Extensive application of glass, large span of door leaf and large size of overhanging eave blend together, forming a continuous and orderly frame. With well-proportioned shapes, volumes of different sizes and orderly layout, the building meets various functional demands.
Design Challenge
In the “imitation” and “reconstruction” of water towns south of the Yangtze River, the hotel has completed its inheritance of local culture and the spatial prototype of villages south of the Yangtze River, and tallied well with the special demands of the hotel for “unconventional” experience and “dramatic” scenarios. In such a unique architectural community, the history has encountered with the contemporary era, and the image of a modern village in organic growth appears vividly.
Research
The hotel design followed the “minimalist” aesthetic tendency of Oriental culture, and the architect captured and extracted the concise, exquisite and silent aesthetic interest of buildings south of the Yangtze River, abandoned all straightforward decorative elements, and introduced fine materials, concise structures and quietly elegant colors with modern tones instead, so that individual buildings of pure forms can repetitively emerge and organically grow.
Inspiration
The hotel design followed the "minimalist"aesthetic tendency of Oriental culture, and the architect captured and extracted the concise, exquisite and silent aesthetic interest of buildings south of the Yangtze River, abandoned all straightforward decorative elements, and introduced fine materials, concise structures and quietly elegant colors with modern tones instead, so that individual buildings of pure forms can repetitively emerge and organically grow. "complicated cluster"constitutes the most important structural characteristic of traditional villages.
Project Duration
The project started design in 2014 and finished in 2018.
Operation Flow
The architects also explored the possibility of traditional space reconstruction, and endowed streets, lanes, courtyards and other spatial types with new functions and spirits; meanwhile, the well-proportioned spaces full of twists and turns, usually seen in classic villages south of the Yangtze River, are still inherited in this project.
Team Members
Interior Design: GOA, LANDTO Interior Design, BOB DESIGN OFFICE
Landscape Design: Z+T STUDIO
Image Credits
Video credits: SCHRAN and GOA
Photo credits: SCHRAN, GOA, Alila Wuzhen

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