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Pinewoods Retreat
Architectural Sanctuary for Regenerative Living
2022-2024
Architecture Design

Salutogenesis in Spatial Design
Rooted in the theory of Salutogenesis, Pinewood redefines architecture as a catalyst for health, rather than merely a refuge from illness. Instead of serving solely functional purposes, the built environment becomes an active agent of physical and psychological restoration. By integrating natural light, fresh air, water, and organic rhythms into everyday spatial experience, Pinewood offers a subtle yet profound therapeutic ecosystem—one where wellbeing emerges from immersion in nature’s logic.

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Resort Hotel
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Design Proposal
Size
1 Unit 57 sqm
2 Unit 81 sqm
3 Unit 106 sqm
Location
ZheJiang, China


A Language Born from Nature
Inspired by organic structures such as cocoons, nests, and fungi, the treehouses adopt a biomorphic form that quietly coexists with their forest surroundings. Elevated on slender stilts, they hover gently above the forest floor, minimizing disruption to hydrology and root systems. Their placement is guided by topography, tree distribution, and sightlines, ensuring that each form arises from context rather than imposition—a gesture of architectural humility before nature.

Immersive Encounters with Nature
Through deliberate exposure to nature—via panoramic openings, suspended walkways, and open-air thresholds—Pinewood reactivates the human sensory system. Daily life becomes intertwined with woodland rhythms: light filtering through canopies, deer wandering beneath the structures, wind rustling through pine needles. In this immersive habitat, guests are gently disentangled from urban fatigue and invited to rediscover a more primal harmony between body, mind, and environment.

Sustainable Construction with Soul
Every material chosen for Pinewood adheres to a principle of empathetic sustainability—not only environmentally responsible, but sensorially attuned. FSC-certified timber, non-toxic paints, and plant-based textiles ensure both low impact and high human comfort. Modular prefabrication minimizes site disruption and enables future recyclability. Pinewood repositions architecture not as nature’s conqueror, but as an ecological participant in its ongoing life cycles.

Letting Nature Lead
Pinewood is not a conventional solution to programmatic needs—it is a philosophical gesture. It poses a question rather than offering an answer: Can architecture step back, allowing nature to take center stage? In this forested clearing, Mutung Architects has composed not just buildings, but a framework for rethinking what it means to dwell. Here, architecture whispers rather than declares, guiding inhabitants back to the rhythms of the natural world and the awareness of their place within it.
China
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