Luxeh

Hotel for VBD Design Group

Other than wabi-sabi style in Japanese aesthetics, this project was filled with more flavor of normal life. Throughout the combination of modern material and traditional woods, it conveyed such as eclecticism aesthetic image, ups and downs in the mountains and poetic sense. With the participation of natural scenery and humans, is the vital factor of building overall space. Melting into the invisible is the landscaping train of thought. By means of spatial switching and frame type link means, including luxuriant forest into the space discussion.

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Unique Properties

This project is located in West Lake scenic area. Because of the demand of government, protecting original architecture and building elevation is rigid requirement. In the process of designing, separated interior space and outdoor space as two system. Engineering on the basis of architectural main style of hundred years, and keeping modern resorts and commercial function in interior space.

Tags

Interior, Hotel, Old House Renovation, Local Historical Material, Traditional Craft, Chakra, Environment Retained

Production Technology

Wooden components of building elevation have been decayed already because of time, designers choose the baking technique since Song dynasty to made wooden surface carbonized, and keep it integrity.

Design Challenge

The most difficult things in this project is to demand of environment protecting. Greening rate and without original flooring material damaged in courtyard. The material were hundreds year flagstone, it couldn't covered by modern materials like concrete or amplify green area by digging out stones.

Project Duration

The project started in March 2019 in Hanghzou and finished in October 2019 in Hanghzou.

Operation Flow

In the early design stage, we looked for builders and construction team on account of traditional skills, because there are few builder nowadays. So sufficient preparation will guaranteed the project smooth progress and made a excellent contribution to traditional craft preservation and continue.

Research

This project combined traditional cultural context and modern living demand, based on the historical and cultural relics, how to blend modern hotel and commercial pattern into discussion, make it conformed to space functional division and usage experience, to ensure that based on integrity of design, continuing the unique historical context and traditional craft to spring historical architecture to life.

Inspiration

This religion is the one of major birthplace of Chinese Buddhism. There are nearly ten Buddhist Temple three kilometers in radius, and Lingyin Temple built in AD 326. Many followers came to worshiping and learning Buddhism essence in nearly temple's meditation abodes, but it isn't enough far and away. So it's important satisfy the needs of living demand. Satisfying the balance of modern living requirement and inner peace.

Image Credits

Image #1: Photographer Yi Chen, Luxeh Hotel, 2019. Image #2: Photographer Yi Chen, Luxeh Hotel, 2019. Image #3: Photographer Yi Chen, Luxeh Hotel, 2019. Image #4: Photographer Yi Chen, Luxeh Hotel, 2019. Image #5: Photographer Yi Chen, Luxeh Hotel, 2019.

Project Overview

Luxeh Hotel has been a Iron winner in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

Iron Recognition

Ruidong Weng was recognized with the coveted Iron A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Luxeh Hotel.

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Luxeh, a hotel project designed by Ruidong Weng, brings modern living and inner peace together in the birthplace of Chinese Buddhism, Hangzhou.

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