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Som Land Hostel

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JURY VOTES
Hotel
6.88
7.01
6.93
7.52
7.08
Sanchit Arora
Sanchit Arora Principal Architect at Renesa Studio
I totally feel that the sustainabil...
7.5
7.5
7.5
8.5
7.75
Tugba Okcuoglu
Tugba Okcuoglu Creative Concept and Customer Experience Developer at Ingka Centers
Nice project with local features wi...
5
5.16
6.42
7.3
5.97
Maja Bernvill
Maja Bernvill Creative Director at Specific Generic
There seems to be very small fragme...
6
4
5
6
5.25
Justine Fox
Justine Fox Founder and Colour Specialist at Studio Justine Fox
7.7
7.04
7.93
7.65
7.58
Adi Utama
Adi Utama Global Office Development at JetBrains
7
7
8
7
7.25
Jan Clostermann
Jan Clostermann Founder and Director at CLOU Architects
6
8
7
8
7.25
Jorge Mendez Caceres
Jorge Mendez Caceres Creative Director at BDG Architecture & Design
8.04
8.49
7.19
8.88
8.15
Marie Hesseldahl
Marie Hesseldahl Partner and Head of Interior and Product Design at 3xn
6
8
7
7
7
Marie-Andree Busque
Marie-Andree Busque Director Interior Architecture at Sid Lee Architecture
8
7
5
8
7
Constance Guisset
Constance Guisset Founder at Constance Guisset Studio
8
7
9
8
8
Bin Ju
Bin Ju Founder and Chief Design Director at Horizontal Design
6.3
6.7
6.94
7.43
6.84
Islam El Mashtooly
Islam El Mashtooly Creative Director at OBMI
7
7
7
6
6.75
Jason Chan
Jason Chan Founder at Jason Design Group
The combination of ancient and mode...
7.02
8.99
6.81
8.06
7.72
Liyun Hao
Liyun Hao Founder and Design Director at EVD
6.69
6.2
6.2
7.41
6.63
Client
Som Land Hostel
Floor area
2072 ㎡
Completion
2022
Budget
435195 USD
Bamboo Steel

SOM LAND was to be renovated for a hostel project that used two old buildings on Shanghai's Chongming Island. The building of the old house originated from the house of the former village head. Through moderate restraint, this project was transformed into a main building (accommodation building) with a total of 552 square meters; the original two-floor building was changed to a three-floor; the other building is an annex building has only one floor. In addition, the building is re-designed by "increasing the number of floors, the layout of rooms, the location of the stairs," etc., while the external structure is remodeled for the "roof, windows, and the surface of the exterior wall. "

While keeping the height of the original building unchanged, the height of each floor was optimized, and the actual two floors structure was changed to 3 feet, increasing the number of rooms. Designers used the best southern side with ample sunlight and transparent glass on the top to naturally project sunlight into the space in the center of the building. The size and number of windows connecting the interior and exterior of the original building have been preserved and distributed on the surface of the new building, preserving the visual significance of the old building.

The original tool house was used as a tool room. After the renovation, the new function became a kitchen, a multi-functional activity area (dining, baking, music show, etc.), including reception and two restrooms. We use transparent glass to achieve space extension and bring more natural light into the space. After that, the most eye-catching thing in the interior space is the old brick fireplace placed under the curved bamboo ceiling. The transparent glass structure on the top also attracts light, and the visual sense of sunlight passing through the laminated bamboo slate curve also shows the warmth of the four seasons.

Most of our material selection is from nature and the local site. For instance, recycled bricks from demolished wood from the original building, natural clay paint, tree branches on the site, and old cloth with local characteristics of Chongming Island are used as construction materials for indoor and outdoor spaces and walls.