Chenjiapucun, Songyang County, Lishui, Zhejiang, China, 323400
The Maison S Museum, which is located in Songyang, is both a reception hall for a Chinese Minsuku with six guestrooms and a small folk museum that showcases the lives of local villagers.
Challenge: Chinese Minsuku, a type of accommodation different from hotels,has become popular in China in recent years. More and more city people come to the countryside to experience the rural simplicity that is completely different from the city. However, normal Chinese Minsuku only provide a simple copy of the village space, so they cannot satisfy the guests' curiosity about the rural life.
Solution: To design the reception hall as a small folk museum, and open it to the public to fully display the life scenes of the villagers: cooking, drinking tea, pounding rice, ancestor worship, reading, sleeping, etc. In this way, guests who come to stay can also experience more.
The reception hall should be local-cultural-display oriented. The original local lifestyle and architectural spirit should be awaked via the renovation and exhibition. Wood boards reused from abandoned and disassembled local buildings were employed.
To design the Maison S’ reception hall as a small folk museum, and open it to the public to display scenes of the villagers’ way of life. As a consequence, guests staying at the Minsuku can enjoy a much richer rural experience. Wood boards, which is natural and healthy material, reused from abandoned and disassembled local buildings were employed. It is also a way of sustainable design method which reduce the waste of wood.
Maison S Museum
WIT Design & Research
Silver
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Filip Milovanovic
Design Director
at Yabu Pushelberg
Clean design, clear conceptual lang...
5
8
7
6
6.5
Weiping Lin
Founder and Design Director
at Lin Wei Ping Design Consulting
7
7
7
6
6.75
Mark Timo
Founder
at De Interieur Club
7
8
8
6
7.25
Luca Macri
Partner
at Lamatilde
7
6.5
7
6
6.63
Ludmila Machado
Founder
at Aurora Design
6.6
8
7
6.2
6.95
Marcel Häusler
Creative Director
at Karl Anders
5
7.5
6
7.5
6.5
Michelle Smith
Associate Designer
at M Moser Associates
5
8
7
7
6.75
Alessandro Ranaldi
Head of Workplace Consultancy
at Foster and Partners
7
7
7.5
6
6.88
Jai Kumaran
Partner
at West of West
The project is clear, simple, and h...
6
8
7
8
7.25
Juan Alberto Andrade
Founder
at Juan Alberto Andrade
7.34
7.25
7.54
7.51
7.41
Llisa Demetrios
Chief Curator
at The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity
7
7
8
7
7.25
Isabelle Kievenheim
Head of Store Development
at & Other Stories H&M Group
6
8
6
5
6.25
Terry Xu
Chief Designer
at Masanori Design Studio
6
7
6
6
6.25
Yuanman Huang
Cofounder and Creative Designer
at GS Design
6.71
6.81
6.4
7.13
6.76
Filip Milovanovic
Design Director
at Yabu Pushelberg
Clean design, clear conceptual lang...
5
8
7
6
6.5
Weiping Lin
Founder and Design Director
at Lin Wei Ping Design Consulting
7
7
7
6
6.75
Mark Timo
Founder
at De Interieur Club
7
8
8
6
7.25
Luca Macri
Partner
at Lamatilde
7
6.5
7
6
6.63
Ludmila Machado
Founder
at Aurora Design
6.6
8
7
6.2
6.95
Marcel Häusler
Creative Director
at Karl Anders
5
7.5
6
7.5
6.5
Michelle Smith
Associate Designer
at M Moser Associates
5
8
7
7
6.75
Alessandro Ranaldi
Head of Workplace Consultancy
at Foster and Partners
7
7
7.5
6
6.88
Jai Kumaran
Partner
at West of West
The project is clear, simple, and h...
6
8
7
8
7.25
Juan Alberto Andrade
Founder
at Juan Alberto Andrade
7.34
7.25
7.54
7.51
7.41
Llisa Demetrios
Chief Curator
at The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity
7
7
8
7
7.25
Isabelle Kievenheim
Head of Store Development
at & Other Stories H&M Group
6
8
6
5
6.25
Terry Xu
Chief Designer
at Masanori Design Studio
6
7
6
6
6.25
Yuanman Huang
Cofounder and Creative Designer
at GS Design
6.71
6.81
6.4
7.13
6.76
Designer
Client
Shizhongshanfang
Floor area
300 ㎡
Completion
2024
Finishes
