WHY hotel was a hot spring hotel in the northeast of Beijing suburb called Peking Backyard, which used to be an agritainment style hotel with cartoon-themed rooms. Those rooms were built in a fast, random way without blueprint and foundation, so that the size were different. The clients hoped we could do some renovation to the existing 20+ rooms, and added a new building with approximately 7 standard rooms with their private outdoor jacuzzi in the existing 300 sq. meters parking area, while keeping the cartoon theme.
The way we would like to describe the scene of WHY hotel is like that Yuanming TAO (AD352-AD427), a famous ancient poet, used in “The Peach Colony” : Walking along the path with trees rustling, water rippling, and tree shadows dancing, the guest feels as though the buildings became indistinct among the bamboo leaves. After a turn, there is a pond with a thin and delicate mist hovering above the spring water.
The aim of our design is the harmony of architecture, landscape, and the participants.
2015
2015
Location: Beijing, China
Completion date: November, 2015
Site area: 2100 sq. meters
including additional construction site area: 310 sq. meters
Floor area: 990 sq. meters (33 beds)
including additional construction: 360 sq. meters (7 houses with private outdoor jacuzzi)
Photograogers: Xia Zhi, Ying XING Team
Design team: WEI architects / ELEVATION WORKSHOP
Construction team: Beijing Beimeng International Architectural Engineering CO., LTD
Hongya Bamboo Era Science and Technology Co., LTD
