Designed in collaboration with Shenzen-based Co-Direction Interior Design, Blossom Dreams Hotel’s boutique hotel in Yangshuo, China, combines historical and cultural elements with contemporary sensibility, set against a scenic backdrop of hills, river and forest.
Located alongside the Yulong River, a water-rafting transit terminal, the hotel offers guests striking views and a connection with the local farming village culture, which in turn brings economic benefits to residents.
SPACE AND CULTURE
White space, the essence of traditional Chinese art, is extensively used in the interiors to enhance the artistic environment and sense of spaciousness. Regional characteristics of the Yangshao culture and traditional Chinese furniture and artworks have been cleverly integrated in the creation of the scene, emphasising the power of culture in space and the hotel’s ties to its local natural environment.
The hotel’s 26 guest rooms are divided according to different orientations, landscapes and sizes. The rooms are decorated in black brushed stainless steel, marble and white stones, with regional-characteristic colour palettes that lend a distinctive flavour and identity. Floor-to-ceiling French windows bring the rolling mountains into full view.
ELEGANT TRANQUILITY
The building’s façade adopts a white texture coating with a rhythmic wood grain grille, forming a coordinated sequence with traditional aesthetics. Symmetrical design techniques with simple lines are used in the lobby, with bamboo lattice screens spanning wood-panelled columns and playing off the pale stone floor. Antique replica chests and chairs fit into this frame, with a book bar and tea room opening out of the lobby.
The Chinese garden-styled courtyard offers layered landscapes complete with dry and water pavilions. It is shrouded by a bamboo forest that rises 3 to 6 metres high, offering a privacy screen that also hides an old building that looms close by on the south side. On the top floor of the hotel, a viewing courtyard offers a peaceful imaginative space where guests can unwind and enjoy the panoramic scenery in the clouds.
PROJECT DATA
Project Name: Yangshuo Blossom Dreams Hotel
Location: Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
Completion Date: November 2016
Site Area: 2,800 square metres
Number of Rooms: 26
Owner/Developer: Guangdong Blossom Dreams Hotel Management Co, Ltd
Architecture Firm: Co-Direction Interior Design
Interior Design Firm: Co-Direction Interior Design
Landscape Design: Co-Direction Interior Design
Decoration Design: Co-Direction Spatial Aesthetics
Principal Designers: Jiang Xiaolin; Min Yao; Wang Donglei; Qu Yunlong
Design Team: Chen Magui; Song Sen
Images: Jing Xufeng
