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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. M50 Art Hotel in Chengdu, China by MUDA-ArchitectsJune 9th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MUDA-Architects M50 Art Hotel Project is located in Pingle, Sichuan. Pingle Ancient Town is planned to be a music theme town. Therefore, the starting point of this project is around “Music”. In this project, MUDA- Architects strives to explore and activate local culture genes, and to create a landmark building that can inherit the historical context and also is forward-looking. It is an architecture which is able to talk to the future. MUDA-Architects hopes to further explore the relationship between architecture and music in the design: tapping into the local history and culture, we learnt that the love story between Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru happened in Qionglai. Taking the song “Feng Qiu Huang” as the starting point, guqin was found, and the strings was extracted. The project abstracts the action of “touching the strings” into architectural form. When the strings solidify at the climax, the final form of the building is obtained, which also responds to the theme “Architecture is frozen music”.  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects
 Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects The building generates the entire volume through several rhythmic curves, and the flowing surface reflects the rhythm of the music. The building has a total length of 80 meters, an average width of 20 meters and the highest point of 18 meters. The external curtain wall design adopts the horizontally subdivided aluminum plates, and the change of curvature caused by the surface shape is eliminated by the gap between the each unit, ensuring the precise control of the curtain wall. In addition, the horizontally subdivided aluminum plates look like bamboo texture, which gives a positive response to the characteristics of bamboo culture in Sichuan. The main entrance to the building is located below the most fluctuating part of the form, which is the climax in movement. The flow of open boundary is formed by the rhythm curve, and the use of transparent glass and glass keel is used to maximize the permeability of the entire entrance. The two secondary entrances are located on the short sides of the building, and the design is the same way as the main entrance.  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects The façade design on balcony side is a further continuation of the design concept. The façade adopts curved outer balcony, and these over lapping layers are interlaced to form a space and texture effect with a sense of rhythm, which not only meets the functionality of the resort hotel, but also implies the design intention of integrating the architecture with the rhythm of music. After entering, it is a shared space with a height of 16 meters. The first floor is a multifunctional space with reception, lobby bar, leisure space, and exhibition area. The internal body has 4 floors, and the public corridor of each floor continues the rhythmic curve elements, thus forming a well-proportioned flowing space. At the same time, the spiral staircase is used to organize the vertical traffic in the shared space, making it the focus of streamline organization and visual appreciation in this space. Combined with the spatial and environmental characteristics of the shared hall, the design further optimizes the indoor environment through ecological design strategies: introducing green vegetation to show the nature inside the building.  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects The building has four floors, and the first floor is a public space, including the reception, lobby bar, coffee, tea house, hot spring pool and other function areas. The 2-4 floors are mainly guest rooms. The sky garden on the roof of the building includes bar and landscape pool, etc, providing people with quality leisure experience. The site leveling work has now been started. The main building is expected to be closed in December 2019 and the hotel is scheduled to open in August 2020.  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects  Image Courtesy © MUDA-Architects
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Categories: Bar, Corridor, Exhibition, Exhibition Center, Grasshopper, Hotel, Lobby, Multipurpose Hall, public spaces, Reception, Rhino, space, Swimming Pool |
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