Gold Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2021
Fuzhou Marriott Riverside Hotel
- A' Design Award 2021 Gold Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Pld/Paul Liu Design Consultants
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 25,709
- Verification code C183294191 · Verify this award
About Fuzhou Marriott Riverside Hotel
Fuzhou Marriott Riverside is a hotel interior design located in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. The interior covers 45000 square meters and includes 318 modern guest rooms, three restaurants and a 1800 square meter ballroom and meeting room area. The concept of blowing wind and flowing water refers to Fuzhou as the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. Local culture is reflected through lacquer art, oil paper umbrellas and tea traditions. Sixteen lacquer screens rise like sails in the lobby. Materials include marble, timber, metal, lacquer and glass.
Positioned within the evolving tradition of contemporary Asian hospitality design, this interior by Bo Liu demonstrates an accomplished synthesis of monumental spatial ambition and refined material sensibility that characterizes the most thoughtful approaches to luxury hotel environments. The double-height lobby volume establishes immediate grandeur through its vertical proportions while the careful orchestration of seating arrangements creates intimate territories within the expansive whole, suggesting an understanding of how guests navigate between arrival, pause, and social engagement. The central decorative panel merits particular attention as both compositional anchor and cultural signifier, its abstracted landscape imagery rendered in warm metallics against dark ground evoking traditional textile and lacquer traditions while speaking a distinctly contemporary formal language. The chromatic strategy demonstrates notable restraint, allowing the natural beauty of stone, the warmth of wood, and the graphic impact of the central artwork to establish visual hierarchy without competing loudly for attention, while strategic insertions of saturated blue-green in seating elements provide essential chromatic punctuation that prevents the neutral palette from becoming monotonous. Material handling throughout reveals sensitivity to both visual and tactile experience, from the veined marble pilasters suggesting geological depth to the herringbone timber flooring grounding the composition with organic warmth. The lighting design achieves that difficult balance between functional illumination and atmospheric mood-making, with the cylindrical pendants creating focal warmth while generous natural light maintains connection to the world beyond. One might consider how this space invites both passage and pause, movement and meditation, serving its programmatic function while offering moments of contemplative beauty to those who choose to linger.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The design brief is to design a contemporary Marriott branded hotel 45000㎡ that can articulate Marriott's international brand strategy, philosophy and globally consistent image while incorporate Fuzhou 2500 years' history and its rich unique cultural heritage as the design inspiration.
The hotel features 318 exquisite modern rooms, three restaurants Goji Kitchen & Bar , Jasmine Chinese Restaurant, The Bao Specialty Restaurant and 1800 ㎡ large grand ballroom and meeting room area. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The total area is 45000㎡, featuring 318 exquisite modern rooms, three restaurants-Goji Kitchen & Bar , Jasmine Chinese Restaurant, The Bao Specialty Restaurant and 1800 square meter large grand ballroom and meeting room area.
- Tags
- Hotel, Art Museum, Lacquer Art, Fuzhou Local culture, Oriental aesthetics
- Production Technology
- Marble/ Timber/ Metal/ Lacquer/ Stainless Steel/ Glass/ Wood carving
- Design Challenge
- As a unique skill in ancient China, lacquer art has a strong classical temperament in both style and material. We were tasked to design an International brand hotel with specific standard and guildlines. How to combine the classical techniques and modern styles in perfect harmony to create an innovation in design aesthetics has become our first revolution to conquer. Furthermore, due to the diversity of functions within a hotel building, interior designers in the hospitality field need to coordinate with various technical stakeholders including Architects, Structural, Engineers, MEP Engineers, Contractors and manufacturers to ensure all physical features and architectural elements are aligned with the client's vision, business requirements and operation standards.
- Project Duration
- The project starts design in December and finishes in November 2020, locates in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China
- Operation Flow
- The whole project is strategically planned and well-thought out. The most efficient planning configurations design solutions were given by the designer to make use of each corner to create more interesting spatial sequence, to keep a minimum amount of circulation and service space. The perception theory was applied to enhance the humanization level of the hotel and get the customers' affirmation.
- Research
- The aesthetic concept of "Blowing Wind and Flowing Water" pays homage to Fuzhou's origins as the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.
The region's historical and cultural influences are seen in the design elements, including its indigenous lacquer art, oil paper umbrellas and tea traditions. In the hotel lobby, 16 stunning lacquer screens soar sail-like into the high ceiling.We adopted the shape of ocean waves and sails in Marine culture, and used lacquer art screens with natural colors such as black, gold and orange on the overall tone to highlight the natural geographical features of the local mountains, forests, oceans, blowing wind and floating water at first glance so the guest can immediately be taken on a journey of understanding the local Fujian culture and characteristics. - Inspiration
- The hotel design inherits the Fujian culture and Oriental aesthetics.The design of the hotel is inspired by the "Blowing Wind and Floating Water" which highlights the Marine culture of Fuzhou as the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road.
The region's historical and cultural influences are seen in the design elements, including its indigenous lacquer art, oil paper umbrellas and tea traditions. - Image Credits
- PLD/ PAUL LIU DESIGN CONSULTANTS
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