F.X. MAYR | Wenzhou, China 2024
F.X. MAYR | Wenzhou, China 2024

Located in the mountainous region of Wenzhou, F.X. MAYR will be a holistic eco-wellness retreat.

Drawing inspiration from its beautiful location - the flow of the secluded hills that IS the site – the building aims to touch the earth lightly. We envisioned a building, perched up off the ground, where nature and life within it, can continue to flow beneath it.

The project develops highly complex program into a simple general loop plan that integrates both a practical and intuitive sculptural approach to modeling the exterior form. The loop as a building encapsulates the flow and enforces a powerful energy of the mountain as well as creating an infinite and continuous spatial experience. Like the brand that will house it, the building is inspired by local and sustainable materials but at the same time is progressive in all its vocation within this new iconic identity. Programmatically the building needs to house the hotel, spaces for therapies, teachings on mind and body with a clinic at its centre.

PROJECT: F.X. MAYR
CLIENT: F.X. MAYR
LOCATION: Wenzhou, China
Scope: Interior DesignLandscape DesignArchitecture Design
COMPLETION: 2024

GFA: 25,323 sqm
Design Principals: Wendy Saunders, Vincent de Graaf
Studio Director: Yvonne Lim
Project Architect: Shirley Woo
Architecture team: Emilio Wang Chen, Zheng Wei, Dongdong Li, Davide Signorato, Scofield Zhu
Rendering: Jiaoyan
Collaborator: Bespoke Engineering Design