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Walking the southern perimeter of Auckland’s Cathedral grounds seven years ago would be an experience of the eclectic arrangement of 100 year old oaks, a beautifully subtle memorial garden, a historic wooden church and an unfinished Cathedral.

By chance the client found Xu Xujun two years ago. After a few hours’ communication at the first meeting, the client requested that Xu Xujun provide a brief proposal first. At that night, Xu Xujun drew a rough draft by hand: elements of Oriental Zen were added to the overlapping connected buildings , and Tibetan style of ancient city Shangri-La was taken as a smooth transition, thus a simple hostel which presents the beauty of nature was gradually shown. The client thought highly of the draft, thus a story about the original design of KARESANSUI was unfolded…

the project seeks to retain the charm of the original building, while updating it for today’s requirements.

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