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X-anadu

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Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
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JURY VOTES
Entertainment Venue
5.15
5.64
5.36
4.81
5.24
Carolin Krebber
Carolin Krebber Founder at Büro agata/ Co-founder Format F/ allmannwappner
6.6
6.81
7.1
5.74
6.56
Jaime Velez
Jaime Velez Design Partner at Velez + Valencia Arquitectos
5.88
7.17
6.45
6.31
6.45
Jason Su
Jason Su Design Director at HCD Impress
6.12
5.89
6.06
5.72
5.95
Andres Fredes
Andres Fredes Creative Director / Partner at ALLDSGN
5
6
6
6
5.75
Yen Kien Hang
Yen Kien Hang Founder / Design Writer / Author at OutOfThePackage
What looks like a house but not qui...
4
5
4
3
4
Firas Alsahin
Firas Alsahin Co-Founder and Design Director at 4SPACE Design
5
5
6
6
5.5
Philippe Paré
Philippe Paré Principal and Managing Director at Gensler
4.83
6.07
5.83
4.6
5.33
Elise Zoetmulder
Elise Zoetmulder Founder at Zoetmulder
4.17
4.17
4.1
4.02
4.12
Toni Black
Toni Black Interior Director at Blacksheep
4.48
5
3.77
4.53
4.45
Ayça Doğan
Ayça Doğan Head of Design at CBRE Netherlands
A design without an identity. The f...
5
4
4
4
4.25
Maria Messina
Maria Messina Creative Director and Design Architect at FAAB
4
5
4
4
4.25
Emma Holt
Emma Holt Associate Director at Ben Adams Architects
5.55
5.64
5.6
4.5
5.32
Evans Lee
Evans Lee Founder & Design Director at Evans Lee Designers
5.02
6
5.5
4
5.13
Lin Chen
Lin Chen Founding Partner at Topos Design
5
6
5
5
5.25
Rachna Agarwal
Rachna Agarwal Founding Partner at Studio IAAD
5.6
5.67
5.45
5
5.43
Falco Webbink
Falco Webbink Head of Design at Wink
6.24
6.38
6.31
4.38
5.83
Kristen Becker
Kristen Becker Partner at Mutuus Studio
5
6
6
5
5.5
Client
Sun-li
Floor area
436 ㎡
Completion
2021
Budget
USD 145,200
Social Media
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Lighting

X-anadu is a clubhouse located at Yizhuang district, the post-industrial site by the outskirts of Beijing. Yizhuang district is located at the south side of Beijing. In the past, from Yuan to Qing Dynasty (the 13th century to the early 20th century), Yizhuang was the royal hunting farm. The vast land contained four palaces, surrounding by mountains, nature and temples. The existing building is 33m x 13.2m, single-height box- frame building. 

As an ex-canteen, the previous interior set up was based on the routine function. Our assignment is to re-fit in new hospitality programs as part of rejuvenated plan of the entire industrial park based on given structure constraints. The form is derived by new diagonal walls and existing orthogonal system. The wall is the key method not only fitting the new living demands, like desired functions and circulations and so on, but also adjusting the perspective sensation. The vertical compartments are repositioned so that light can illuminate the main spaces. The Orthogonal compartments of the X-anadu were rotated for the privacy and visual extension purposes. 

The similar-modern-free plan creates the depth by the displacement and excavation of the walls so that the visual extension is maximized within the space. The envelope of building is kept calm and understated, with the re-composition of walls and glances of courtyards. The differences and dis-continuities of the walls release the sunlight into the inner spaces. 

The skylight highlights both the entrance and the end of spaces. In the morning, the nature light reflects and brightens the dining area and the lounge area. During the evening, the interior lighting becomes the initial expression of X-anadu through the envelope silhouette, implying and confronting the outer world the true identity of X-anadu. The matte dark material is purposefully applied onto interior wall surface to reduce further interruption visually in-between interior and exterior domains. The ultimate purpose is to generate meaningful domains containing the interaction of light, time, space and being.