Longhu Design d'Hôtel by Fei Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design d'Intérieur Competition Category.

BronzeIntérieur· 2024

Longhu Design d'Hôtel

by Fei Hu

Client: Fei Hu

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Intérieur Category

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The Design

About Longhu Design d'Hôtel

Les hôtels doivent être locaux, ouverts et inclusifs. Le designer s'est inspiré du dragon et du phénix, animaux mythologiques traditionnels chinois. Les murs sont composés de marbre beige incurvé et de panneaux de cuivre, dont la forme symbolise la posture de vol du dragon. Le lustre en cristal au plafond est une représentation abstraite de la forme d'un phénix. L'ensemble de l'espace présente un sentiment de fluidité organique. Cela reflète également le respect et l'héritage de la culture.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Longhu Design d'Hôtel est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Longhu Design d'Hôtel est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Longhu Design d'Hôtel satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Located in Zhengzhou, the largest city in central China, Longhu Hotel caters to guests attending international conferences, as well as hosting conferences and banquets.
Inspired by the Jade Dragon, an ancient work of art from the Zhengzhou Museum in China, the building is shaped like a jade dragon, which inserts itself into the site in a calm and linear volume, like a jade dragon lying on the shore of Dragon Lake. The interior design uses architectural techniques to introduce the concept of jade dragon into the interior.
The hotel lobby breaks through the traditional hotel space form, using abstract techniques to express the shape of dragons and phoenixes, so that guests can integrate into the environment and feel the atmosphere of the building.
Dimensions & Packaging: The hotel has 9 floors and 452 rooms. The building height is 39.2 meters, the highest point is 47.3 meters, and the building area is 58,375 square meters.
The building area of the first floor is 10,786m ², the second floor is 6960m ², the third floor is 6804m², and the fourth floor is 5058m². Among them, the lobby area of the first floor is 650m², the lobby bar area is 230m², the hotel ballroom area is 1800m², the all-day restaurant area is 720m², the standard room area is 45m².
The lobby has a 26.8-meter high atrium.
Tags: Modern, culturally specific, warm, cavernous
Production Technology: The ultra-thin marble slabs with a thickness of only 2MM can greatly reduce the construction cost and construction process difficulty, and these marble slabs can be selected from natural materials or artificial materials.
Design Challenge: The biggest difficulty of this project is that the lobby has a 20-meter-high atrium space, which is huge in scale. The sheer size makes the space more like a shopping mall than a hotel. So how to make the space feel comfortable is a big challenge. Our approach is to create the feel of a cave by adding curved walls, which can greatly reduce the sense of emptiness, while combining the characteristics of the dragon and phoenix that represent traditional culture to give spirit to the space.
Research: We studied a lot of cases, repeatedly looking for the most suitable design approach. The concept phase alone took us at least six months. It is necessary to meet the demands of the owners for the embodiment of traditional culture, but also to meet the needs of the hotel management for the style and atmosphere of the hotel. Many times, their demands are contradictory, and we need to keep coming up with new ideas to find common ground. This draft plan is probably the best fit to the design requirements so far.
Inspiration: The dragon and the phoenix are auspicious mythical creatures in the ancient Chinese imagination, with the dragon representing masculinity and the phoenix symbolizing femininity. The harmonious display of dragons and phoenixes also symbolizes wealth, prosperity and good luck. The exterior is inspired by the form of Jade dragon, the interior integrates the essence of jade phoenix, and the internal and external elements are unified, reflecting the unity of heaven and man.
Project Duration: Design of the project began in March 2022, formal construction began in June 2023, and it is expected to be completed in Zhengzhou, China, by the end of 2025.
Operation Flow: The interior design uses architectural techniques to introduce the concept of jade dragon into the interior. Guests of the hotel enter the lobby as if they had arrived at an art gallery, surrounded by curved matte marble stone walls and curved copper panel walls, and on the left and right sides of the lobby, two luminous cylindrical installations made of fabric and acrylic, like two large wall lamps, guide guests into the lobby bar or dining room. The crystal lamp hanging from the ceiling looks like a flying phoenix. Guests can talk or rest in the lobby, which is full of warm and quiet atmosphere. The design integrating technology, culture, art and regional culture will also bring guests an unforgettable and artistic experience.