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Muh Shoou Xixi האטעל by Shawn Cheung - GOA

Muh Shoou Xixi האטעל by Shawn Cheung - GOA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award אין גאָלד in אַרכיטעקטור, בנין און סטרוקטור דיזײַן Competition Category.


גאָלדאַרכיטעקטור· 2020

Muh Shoou Xixi האטעל

by Shawn Cheung - GOA

Client: GOA (Group of Architects)

A' Design Award אין גאָלד Winner in אַרכיטעקטור Category

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The Design

About Muh Shoou Xixi האטעל

מוה שאָאו שישי איז אַ האטעל וואָס געפֿינט זיך אין דער שישי וועטלאַנד. דער האטעל איז רענאווירט געוואָרן פֿון פֿינף אַלטע בנינים וואָס זענען געשטאַנען אויפֿן פּלאַץ. די סטרוקטורעלע טראַנספֿאָרמאַציע איז געמאַכט געוואָרן מיט מינימאַלער אינטערווענץ, אַזוי אַז די בנינים פֿאַרבינדן זיך גלאַט מיטן אַרומיקן וואַלד און וואַסער־סיסטעם. ביימער מיט אַ שטאַם־דיאַמעטער פֿון 10 סענטימעטער אָדער מער זענען רעגיסטרירט געוואָרן לויט מין, נאָמען און וואָרצל־ניוואָ, און דער אויסלייג פֿאָלגט די אָריגינעלע וועגעטאַציע, דער עיקר פּערסימאָן־ביימער. אַ באַנקעט־זאַל פֿון 300 קוואַדראַט־מעטער איז אַרומגערינגלט מיט פֿענצטער פֿון דרײַ זײַטן. אַ וואַסער־וועג באַזירט אויף דער אָריגינעלער לאַנדפֿאָרם דערמעגלעכט אָנקומען מיט אַ שיפֿל.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award אין גאָלד

Muh Shoou Xixi האטעל איז אַ געווינער פֿון דעם A' Design Award אין גאָלד, אַן העכסט פּרעסטיזשע אָנערקענונג וואָס ווערט געגעבן צו ערשט-קלאַסיקע, וווּנדערלעכע און אויסגעצייכנטע דיזײַנס. גאָלד-געווינער זענען העכסט אינאָוואַטיווע, פֿאָרויסזעענדיקע און בלענדענדיק פּראַכטפֿולע באַשאַפֿונגען וואָס שפּיגלען אָפּ דאָס גאונות, די חכמה און די בקיאות פֿון זייערע דיזײַנערס. פֿון Muh Shoou Xixi האטעל ווערט דערוואַרט אַז עס איז אַ זייער געלויבטע, טרענד-שטעלנדיקע און מאָנומענטאַלע דערפֿינדונג וואָס ברענגט אומגלײַכלעכן ווערט. דער דאָזיקער געווינענדיקער דיזײַן פֿון A' Design Award אין גאָלד איז אַ שפּעקטאַקולערער, רעספּעקטירטער פּראָיעקט וואָס ברענגט גרויסן נוצן און שטופּט פֿאָרויס די גרענעצן פֿון קונסט, וויסנשאַפֿט, דיזײַן און טעכנאָלאָגיע. Muh Shoou Xixi האטעל שאַפֿט אינטענסיווע געפֿילן פֿון תּאווה, וועקט לײַדנשאַפֿט, מוטיקט קרעאַטיוויטעט און פֿאַסצינירט אונדז.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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