Mio Path of Water Ilé Ìsinmi láti ọwọ́ Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu jẹ́ aṣẹ́gun olókìkí púpọ̀ ti 2026 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ìdíje Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò.
IdẹÌkọ́lé· 2026
Mio Path of Water Ilé Ìsinmi
látọ̀wọ́ Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu
Oníbàárà: Not A Hotel
Aṣẹ́gun Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ìkọ́lé
Aṣẹ́gun Àmì Ẹ̀yẹ Tí a Jẹ́rìísí
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Nípa Mio Path of Water Ilé Ìsinmi
Mio Path of Water jẹ́ ilé ìsinmi tí a ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ rẹ̀ fún ojú ọjọ́ etí òkun tí òjò máa ń rọ̀ ní Yakushima, Japan. Àwọn àlejò máa ń dé lábẹ́ ẹnu-ọ̀nà tí a bò, wọ́n á sì gba ibi ìdásími òjò tí kò tutù kọjá sínú àárín gbùngbùn ibùgbé àti ibi oúnjẹ tí ó kọjú sí òkun. Àwọn yàrá ìsùn mẹ́ta ya sọ́tọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn yàrá ìdákẹ́jẹ́, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn ní balùwẹ̀ àdáni, kí àwọn ẹgbẹ́ ènìyàn lè pín ilé náà láìsí pé wọ́n pàdánù àṣírí wọn. Ibi ìtọ́jú ara (spa) tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà yíyípo tí ó rọrùn ti sauna, omi tútù fún ìbọmi, ibi ìwẹ̀ àti pẹpẹ ìtura. Ìkọ́lé náà da irin pọ̀ mọ́ òrùlé igi wíwúwo tí a fi hàn kedere, àti pákó kédárì tí a fi iná jó ni ó ń dáàbò bo ojú ilé náà.
Ìdánimọ̀ Náà
Nípa Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Mio Path of Water Ilé Ìsinmi jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Mio Path of Water Ilé Ìsinmi yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Mio Path of Water Ilé Ìsinmi ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.
Lẹ́yìn Àpẹrẹ Náà
Àkójọ Ìròyìn
Àwọn ẹ̀tọ́, àwọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ àti àlàyé ìmọ̀ ẹ̀rọ tí olùṣàpẹrẹ pèsè.
- Àwọn Ohun Àkànṣe
- The project is on Yakushima’s maritime edge, where mist, downpour, and slow runoff are daily facts, the house is organized from the rooms outward. Each suite is a calibrated “channel” of water-as-experience: the shared areas stay quiet and supportive. Only after these three acts are set does the living space frame its context: sea at distance, pool nearby—two waters held on one calm line. The primary structure material of the house is steel—precise, slender, and resilient—so the rooms read cleanly. Only the living space departs from that language: here an exposed heavy-timber roof lifts the volume and warms it. The result is a house that makes weather into ambience, routine, and memory.
- Ìwọ̀n àti Àpò
- Height 9000 mm; Total floor area 298 sqm; construction area (incl. terraces) 586 sqm. Program: L/D, kitchen; 3 bedrooms each with 2× semi-double beds 1,200×1,950 mm + ensuite WC & shower. Spa: changing, sauna, cold plunge, bath, shower + adjacent cooling terrace. Pool depth 1,200 mm. Covered parking 2 bays. Outdoor equipment storage shed 70 sqm.
- Àwọn Àkọlé
- Yakushima, hospitality villa, wet-climate design, rain porch, sauna loop, indoor-outdoor living, charred cedar façade, ocean-view courtyard, modular arcade, minimalist timber architecture
- Ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ Ìṣelọ́pọ̀
- Designed through iterative massing + view studies in Rhino/Grasshopper, then coordinated for constructability and lifecycle cost. Adaptive-reuse strategy uses hybrid structure system of steel and heavy timber to maximize constructability. Facade system: Shou Sugi Ban (Yakisugi) cedar cladding rainscreen + low-iron glazed wall with concealed frames; modular standing seam metal roof for tolerance control. CG/diagrams produced via real-time rendering + AI/PS post-compositing.
- Ìpèníjà Àpèsè
- The hardest challenge was reconciling Yakushima’s extreme rain, salt wind, and humidity with an open, resort-like lifestyle without turning the house into a sealed “box.” Internally, the concept had to respect local craft traditions while still feeling contemporary. Externally, strict competition limits (height, area, parking, pool/spa program) forced tight stacking and efficient circulation. Limited site-specific data pushed us to validate decisions through climate mapping, precedent benchmarking, and repeated plan/section tests until performance and experience aligned.
- Ìwádìí
- Applied site-response study. Objective: Yakushima villa for rain/humidity, privacy, ocean views. Method: fast plan/section iterations + guest-flow loop tests. Data/tools: climate/topo maps, precedents; Rhino/Grasshopper, AI implemented representation, render checks. Participants: designer + peer critiques. Result: rain-porch entry, bedroom pods, sauna-plunge-bath loop. Insight/impact: fewer conflicts, higher comfort; reusable wet-climate layout template.
- Ìmísí
- "Mio" is a shallow water channel in Japanese: not a scene, a guide. The project adopts that ethic—draw clear paths and let climate do the rest. What Mio proposes is to let private rooms carry climate as character—morning mist, sudden shower, still flow—while a single timbered hall reads the site without theatrics. The result is a house that makes weather into ambience, routine, and memory.
- Àkókò Iṣẹ́ Àkànṣe
- The project was a design package for initiated in September 2025 and completed in February 2026 as a hospitality villa proposal for Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, and subsequently prepared for submission to the A’ Design Award.
- Ìlànà Ìṣiṣẹ́
- Guests arrive under the covered "porte-cochère" and enter a dry “rain porch” that transitions into the living/dining core facing the ocean. Bedrooms branch off like quiet nests, each with a private bath, so groups can share without stepping on each other’s rhythm. The spa is a simple loop: change - sauna - cold plunge - hot bath/shower - cool-down terrace, repeating as needed. Indoor and outdoor spaces slide into one another, letting the house work in sun, wind, and rain with minimal effort.
- Àwọn Ìwé-ẹ̀rí Ohun-Ìmọ̀
- Copyrights belong to Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu, Jiahua Xu, 2026.
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- Ke Chen
Mengxi Xu
Jiahua Xu - Ìfọwọ́sí Àwòrán
- Image #1: Creator (Design Team Lead) Jiahua Xu, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.
Image #2: Creator (Design Team Lead) Jiahua Xu, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.
Image #3: Creator (Design Team) Ke Chen, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.
Image #4: Creator (Design Team) Mengxi Xu, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.
Image #5: Creator (Design Team) Mengxi Xu, Yakushima Villa Concept (NOT A HOTEL 2026), 2026.
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