Dong Lu Yuan

China

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Dong Lu Yuan

China

Firm

郑州大学建筑学院

Type

Hospitality + Sport › Hotel

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2023

SIZE

25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft

BUDGET

$1M - 5M

1. Courtyard language
Chinese architecture has always been a holistic notion encompassing houses, courtyards, and gardens. We hope to make use of Chinese architectural wisdom to create structures that are adapted to today’s complex and diverse lifestyles. This small hotel is located at the foot of Taihang Mountain in Huanghua Town, Linzhou, Anyang City.
2．Disclose the poetry of Di
Modern architecture tends to overlook the relationship between buildings and the land. The word di in traditional Chinese culture encompasses virtually all the connotations of modern words such as site, land, earth, setting, base, location, environment, and venue. Di is not only the foundation of natural growth, it is also the basis for human activity and the continuation of human culture. We strive to disclose the poetry of Di.
This small hotel is built on a slope at the foot of the mountain, with an irregular trapezoidal base. The design philosophy is:
（1）Adaptation to local conditions. We kept the well house, water storage tank, fire pool and broken terraced fields in the base, and rationally arranged the buildings and landscapes according to the topographical characteristics, which not only saves a lot of costs, but also uncovers many precious and potential poetic elements of the base.
（2） Blurring the boundary between architecture and landscape. We draw aspirations from classical Chinese gardens and use water guiding and stone stacking to allow people to not only see the distant Taihang Mountains in the garden and indoors, but also feel as if the remnants of the Taihang Mountains extend into the garden and buildings.
3．Local culture
In the northern Song dynasty text The Lofty Message of Forest and Streams, famous eleventh century painter Guo Xi suggests four criteria for appraising landscapes: walkability, viewability, inhabitability, and browsability. We believe these criteria constitute the definition of an ideal place according to traditional Chinese culture. The modern world, from West to East, has embraced the first three criteria while ignoring the last. Though Le Corbusier and F. L. Wright both touched upon the idea of browsability in their work—with the former also evoking it under the term promenade architecturale— they didn’t elaborate on or emphasize it to the same degree as Guo Xi.
4．Local traditional materials
During the process of urbanization, many traditional stone houses in the area have been demolished. We have recycled a large amount of old stones and slabs, combined them with modern materials and structures to create modern buildings that are both simple and comfortable. Not only is it low-carbon and environmentally friendly, but it also inherits and promotes traditional stonemason skills.The actions include:
（1）Recycling old materials such as stones and slates for reuse.
（2）Formation of a construction team, named "Zhaojiaban", consisting of four elderly stonemasons (with an average age of 70) and some young people responsible for the construction of rough stone walls, slate roofs, and landscape pool walls. During the construction process, young people are encouraged to personally experience the value and significance of stone craftsmanship, and local masons' craftsmanship that is facing loss is passed on to the young people.
（3）Combining traditional materials and craftsmanship with modern materials and craftsmanship, combining architecture with gardens, to create elegant modern architecture that is both traditional and modern, simple and comfortable, allowing young people to see the charm and potential of traditional stone craftsmanship, fall in love with it, and promote it.

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Dong Lu Yuan

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China

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