Greenbay Primary Function: Bolulo ba baeti by Xi Lang

Greenbay Primary Function: Bolulo ba baeti by Xi Lang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Meaho, Dikaho le Dibopego Competition Category.

SileveraMeaho· 2022

Greenbay Primary Function: Bolulo ba baeti

by Xi Lang

Client: Shall Design

Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award Winner in Meaho Category

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The Design

About Greenbay Primary Function: Bolulo ba baeti

Greenbay ke bolulo ba baeti bo hahiloeng toropong ea Ya'an, Profinseng ea Sichuan, Chaena. Mohaho ona o eme har'a masimo a tiiti a mahlaba, o na le pono ea sebaka sa tiiti ka boroa le Seporo sa Sichuan-Tibet ka leboea. Moralo o tšoana le lehloa la marulelo a tšeletseng 'me o na le libaka tse tharo: sebaka sa sechaba, likamore tsa baeti tse leshome le metso e meraro le sebaka sa lisebelisoa. Kahare-hare ho na le lebala le triangele le entseng setsi sa bohareng ba mohaho. Ka hare ho sebelisoa lehong le nang le mebala e mesoeu le e putsoa. Libaka tse kholo tse pontšang li bula likamore ho ea masimong a tiiti 'me li fokotsa phello holim'a tikoloho ea moo.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award

Greenbay Primary Function: Bolulo ba baeti ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e phahameng ka ho fetesisa, e ntle le e tsosang maikutlo. Bahapi ba Silevera ke mesebetsi e khanyang haholo le e nang le boqapi bo ikhethang e bontšang botsebi, talenta le bohlale ba baqapi ba eona. Greenbay Primary Function: Bolulo ba baeti e lebelletsoe ho ba mosebetsi o motle, oa mohlala, o nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha e tebileng. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award ke mohopolo o hlokomelehang haholo le o ratoang o tlisang molemo mme o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Greenbay Primary Function: Bolulo ba baeti ke mosebetsi oo batho ba bangata ba o lakatsang, o tsosang litakatso, o tlisang maikutlo a matle le o tsosetsang ho makala le ho hlolla.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Situated in Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, this project boasts an excellent 270 degree view of tea fields to the south and the Sichuan-Tibet Railway to the north with the tea shore sitting between the undulating hills and surrounded by a green sea of tea. The design narrows the distance between the building and the environment with a focus on visitors’ experience and less impact on the nature.
Dimensions & Packaging: The building totals over 1,700 square meters and the overall floor area is about 2,700 square meters. The project consists of three main functional areas: a public area, 13 guest rooms and logistics.
Tags: Homestay, Tea Sea, Original Ecology, Triangle, GREENBAY
Production Technology: The triangular outdoor atrium is a hollow hub space of the building, around which a series of high and low, wide and narrow, closed and open spatial patterns are formed. The interior design mostly adopts wood, white and grey colors, creating a simple and welcoming style that gives visitors a sense of comfort and simplicity in a secluded countryside. The animal-shaped decorations are simple, stylish and approachable, giving visitors a sense of novelty and being in nature. Also, in order to maximize users’ experience and blend perfectly with the nature, designers leverage the large-scale transparent style rather than the traditional suburban courtyard-style, letting visitors be in a sea of tea.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge is to avoid damage to the original ecological environment as the project sits in a sea of tea. Also, the building design has to provide best lighting and landscape view for each guest room and make each zone blend naturally with others so as to give the most comfortable experience for visitors.
Research: Mengding Mountain, the cradle of the world tea culture, is the earliest place in China to manually cultivate tea according to written record. Qilong Village sits here with layers of terraced tea fields, which is a perfect place for the construction of this project.
Inspiration: With inspiration from undulating tea fields, the main body of the building resembles a floating hexagonal snowflake, with the three areas relating to the three axes of the 'snowflake'. Each area is clearly divided - except for the logistics office, other two areas both feature a landscape surface of over 120 degrees. Visitors inside the building can have a full view of the tea sea.
Project Duration: With location being selected in 2019, the project kicked off and completed the construction in 2020, and later officially open to the public in 2021.
Operation Flow: The design places huge emphasis on the variety and rhythm of space. Upon entering the room, a two-storey height lobby, a large space in which visitors can have a clear picture, comes into the sight. This is followed by a thin corridor with a connecting bridge overhead, where the interior gradually comes into view. The atrium is a three-dimensional high space formed through indoor-outdoor terraces of different heights, reflecting the most diverse aspects of the Green Bay. Then water scenery and a multi-purpose hall sit there next, setting the tone for the final lounge space, which opens up completely and is combined with a sloping reading area to have most scenery be seen from inside.
Team Members: Nan Yang Tae Yong, Kim Xi Lang Tao Yu Songyang Zhang Xuxia Bai Yilong Li Yu Ren Wen Cheng Yuan Li