Moganshan MUZI Boutique Hotel

The project is based in the west of Ganlu Tea Factory in Moganshan Town, Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Ganlu tea factory is operated by two brothers who want to promote the local tea-picking industry by rebuilding the old house. At the back of the old house, a bamboo forest extends to the north. There’s a tea field in the east and expansive mountains in front. The old house had been demolished and the site had been levelled by the owners when we first arrived. According to the restriction of local policies, the length, width and height of new buildings must be less than 12m, therefore, the new house is shaped like a cubic, isolated in a vacant lot. The site is surrounded by different scenery and a variety of plants, so we wanted to re-plan it to produce diverse visual effects from different angles by making use of the surrounding metasequoia, tea fields, bamboo forest and distant mountains. Meanwhile, we’d like to redesign the inside paths of the building to make the different scenes properly appear in each window, just like an unfolding landscape when looking at it overall. We extended the overhanging balcony to have an illusion of visual twisting, changing the rigid cubic shape restricted by construction conditions, moreover, construction difficulties and the cost has been reduced. The windows are set to open in different ways, giving them various practical functions. ▲ ，Private room in public area ▲ 2, Variable window in the first floor south side guest room The function of the window is diversified by adding movable panels. It turns out to be a bar when the panels are turned up. ▲ 2, Window bar in the first floor south side guest room We adjusted the size of the window openings and the slope of the ceiling according to the physical manual model of 1:15 to ensure that the sunlight can exactly enter the room. ▲ 2，First floor north side hot spring ▲ 2，First floor north side hot spring On the second floor, the sunlight comes into the building through the outdoor atrium.