Vector Architects 直向建筑事务所

Jingyang Camphor Court

Jingyang Camphor Court 

Vector Architects

Jingyang Camphor Court
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CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR
Shanghai Greenland Construction (Group) Co. Ltd., Suzhou Gold Mantis

CONSTRUCTION DECORATION
Shanghai Fair Face Concrete Technology & Development Co. Ltd.

PROJECT ARCHITECT
Han Zhang

SITE ARCHITECTS
Yaduo Liu, Zhengnan Xue

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Liangliang Zhao, Jinteng Li

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
Gong Dong

PROJECT TEAM
Tianshu Guo, Xu Yan, Fanlin Gou, Yaduo Liu, Jinteng Li, Xiaokai Ma, Bo Mao, Qicheng Weng, Shida Liu, Andre Chedid, Xin Ai, Mofei Li, Yingyi Sun, Yudi Gao, Shipeng Guan, Wei Tao, Jiahui Li

CERAMIC ART AVENUE LEAD ARCHITECT
Jie Zhang

CERAMIC ART AVENUE PROJECT ARCHITECT
Jianxin Hu, Bingbing Zhang

CERAMIC ART AVENUE ARCHITECTS TEAM
Wenxue Wu, Zhi Wang, Yongping Wang,Kai Zhong

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Jueyang Zhang, Yahui Liu, Xin Bi

MEP DESIGN
Yanan Yang, Juan Wang, Chunshuang Guo, Zhanwei Feng, Xiaofeng Shi, Hui Li

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Siyu Li, Mingyu Yu, Xu Yang

FAÇADE CONSULTANT
An-design Architects, LongBang Construction Co., Ltd.

LIGHTING CONSULTANT
X Studio, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

TIMBER STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
IStructure & CROWNHOMES

INTELLIGENT BUILDING CONSULTANT
BOE

SIGNAGE DESIGN
Beijing SEED Cultural Media Co., Ltd.

CLIENT
Jingdezhen Towyi Cultural Development Co., Ltd.

EPC LEAD
An-design Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Hao Chen, Xu Jun, Pianfang Studio, DONG, Yuning Zheng

AREA
8290 m²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Jing De Zhen Shi, China

CATEGORY
Hotels

The Jingyang Camphor Court creates a tranquil courtyard in the heart of Jingdezhen (Jiangxi province), a city historically well-known for its porcelain production.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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The site is located in a bustling part of the city and is characterized by the presence of ongoing industrial heritage renewal projects around it.

The site featured industrial relics such as a long and narrow industrial building, a few mechanical rooms, a dormitory, and a dilapidated pavilion.

In and around these structures, camphor trees had grown to maturity. The retention of these trees became the basic premise of the project.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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The design and organization of the hotel are different from most since the client requested that more than half of the program be open to the public.

The arrangement and massing of both the existing and new volumes are designed with this criterion in mind.

The hotel has the spirit of an urban public living room accompanied by a hospitality experience that is culture and human-oriented.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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The central part of the Jingyang Camphor Court consists of a wooden cloister encircling the lush camphor trees, which establishes a unique atmosphere at the core of the complex.

All new hotel programs such as verandas, guest rooms, conference spaces, and restaurants are arranged around and connected to this central cloister.

site limitations, no other large public spaces other than the cloister could be created.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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The distances between the walls of the different volumes are very narrow, akin to the narrow width between the exterior walls of local vernacular buildings.

By putting all buildings in close proximity to each other, an intimate, personal, and nostalgic atmosphere is created, with guests able to discover the different material tonalities arranged along a path, like wandering through a maze.

The hotel’s western area features a new courtyard-type building with the three buildings’ gable walls advancing and retreating to form small public plazas in front of them.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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From the exterior, these buildings’ subtle setback from the existing straight street draws the guests and public in.

The entrance is located on the east of the site and has a deliberately low and unassuming profile, in accordance with the presence of trees and folded canopies.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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The subtle and human-oriented scale creates an intimate and welcoming atmosphere upon arrival. The hotel rooms are located in the old dormitory space, north of the central courtyard.

Its walls were kept, while a new structure penetrates and juts out of the existing volume. Each hotel room has a balcony that faces the interior courtyard and the promenade spaces between the buildings.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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The new restaurant is located in the former factory structure in the southern part of the site. The original side walls of this industrial relic were kept and thermal and sound insulation were added.

Besides overall structural reinforcements, a new metal roof structure was added to increase the buildings’ safety.

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The ceiling height was also increased, and new skylights were introduced, creating a more pleasant and contemporary spatial atmosphere for guests while also paying homage to the site’s industrial past.

The bricks of the original structures had a red and orange hue. We wanted to honor this palette when opting for the tonality of the new buildings.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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Throughout the hotel, we used warm-colored concrete and a thin layer of tiles with a similar gradient.

The external walls of the old and new volumes are a mix of kiln and old clay bricks and between the old and the new bricks, a warm-colored concrete is cast in place to create a harmonious transition between the preserved elements and those newly added.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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Their materiality, color, and texture are closely related to the history of porcelain production in Jingdezhen.

The Jingyang Camphor Court creates a new type of hotel experience with a publicly accessible courtyard that is as large as possible.

Jingyang Camphor Court
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Jingyang Camphor Court
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Next to creating a tranquil and natural environment, the strategy of preservation, renovation, and revitalization of an existing warehouse was central for the arrangement and massing of new programs and creating a new and inviting atmosphere and future for this hotel.

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