Innhouse Kunming
Kerun Ip

Innhouse Kunming

the Oval partnership en tant que Architectes.

The project is the latest in a series of projects in Kunming aiming at raising aspirations for environmentally sensitive design and establishing a benchmark for future development in the region.

Innhouse is set on a forested hill with sweeping views of a green valley and the Kunming cityscape. This eco guest house is conceived as a village for travellers, with 17 guest suites in a cluster of four L-shaped structures linked by natural trails and courtyards at varying levels.

photo_credit Kerun Ip
Kerun Ip
photo_credit Kerun Ip
Kerun Ip

Densely landscaped with many retained trees, the timber clad building with reconstituted bamboo decking is a simplearrangement of forms largely devoid of decoration. Each building unit is composed of three masses – two wings and a semi-opened vertical circulation unit – linked by a viewing bridge corridor. Each guest suite reads as an extension of the landscape. Integrated with a cantilevered balcony, the living spaces open directly into the surrounding greenery. With subtle lighting through a series of vertical windows, the more private bathroom end is behind a feature partition wall and forms a box within a box.

photo_credit Kerun Ip
Kerun Ip
photo_credit Kerun Ip
Kerun Ip

Primary sustainable technologies applied include passive design to maximise day lighting and natural ventilation, site watershed conservation, solar thermal hot water, rainwater recycling and grey water reuse, a highly insulated envelope, reconstituted bamboo with low embodied energy, habitatpreservation and intelligent building control.

photo_credit Kerun Ip
Kerun Ip
photo_credit Kerun Ip
Kerun Ip

Team:
Architect: The Oval Partnership Ltd
Client / Developer: HEXY Horti-Expo Xing Yun Real Estate Co Ltd
Project Manager: HEXY Horti-Expo Xing Yun Real Estate Co Ltd 
M & E Consultant: Hyder Consulting Limited 
Structural Engineer: HEXY Horti-Expo Xing Yun Real Estate Co Ltd 
Quantity Surveyor: HEXY Horti-Expo Xing Yun Real Estate Co Ltd 
Signage and Environment Consultant: Hybrid Limited 
Landscape Consultant: Atkins Landscape Shanghai
Interior Consultant: Kunming Jingshi Environmental Art Design Ltd 
Main Contractor: HEXY Horti-Expo Xing Yun Real Estate Co Ltd
Photography: Kerun Ip

photo_credit Kerun Ip
Kerun Ip

Material Used:
1. Facade cladding: Cedar Timber
2. Flooring: Reconstituted Bamboo
3. Windows: Double Glazing 
4. Interior lighting: LED
5. Interior furniture: Timber and Laminated Bamboo

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