Guangxi SPA Resort - China

Guanghzhou - China - 2006

BASIC CONCEPT A Hotel created on the gentle terracings of a lake…where the artificial mangroves hold up the edifices from the water. A light strucure in symbiosis with the natural environment where the inner spaces are directly leaned on the water. Important elements of the internal and external design 1. A vast terracing lake fed by vertical water walls. 2. An architectonic structure is wholly suspended on the water and supported by pillars which remind the mangroves. 3. Inside the structure, the simulated mangroves generate the chief ornamental and touching components. 4. The terracings are significant elements and contribute to the horizontal dilatation of the entire. 5. A visual line joins the inner part of the lake to the entry. This visual line is enphasized by a vitreous roofing and by an open space of triple height on the entrance. A terrace wharf lined up to the main entry guides to the central isle. 6. The swimming pool represents a strong architectonic element and flanks the volume of the restaurant. 7. The volume of the restaurant and of the Spa constitute the opposite elements from the planimetric point of view but both areas are essential and impressive. 8. Part of the vertical glass closings are thought like “vegetal transparences”. The project wants to create an important structure in the meantime in symbiosis with the two natural and typical elements of the South-East of Asia: the water and the mangrove. The terracing lake gives poetry to the project and at the same time visually doubles the structure laid on the water. During the night, the entire structure seems to float on the water through light pillows enlivened by natural springs which are freely spread. The roof seems to be traditional and modern at the same time. Traditional for its form and modern for the complete detaching from the floor underneath. This solution is enphasized during the night by a light and produce the formal and stylish lightness.