I O Hotel Design de Interiores de Hotel by Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan

I O Hotel Design de Interiores de Hotel by Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.

FerroInterior· 2021

I O Hotel Design de Interiores de Hotel

by Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan

Client: Eterno Design

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About I O Hotel Design de Interiores de Hotel

O I O Hotel é um projeto de design de interiores hoteleiro localizado em Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. O hotel ocupa o último andar de um edifício comercial na região central da cidade e oferece uma vista panorâmica da paisagem exterior. No lobby, a estrutura original do telhado inclinado foi preservada, e um teto de vidro foi acrescentado para ampliar a entrada de luz natural. Chapas de alumínio perfuradas suavizam a luz e criam um jogo de luz e sombra. O interior abrange 2500 metros quadrados e abriga 36 quartos de hóspedes. A paleta de materiais inclui granilite, pedra ultrafina, madeira e couro.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

I O Hotel Design de Interiores de Hotel conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que I O Hotel Design de Interiores de Hotel seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, I O Hotel Design de Interiores de Hotel merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Situated on the top floor of a commercial building in the downtown area, the hotel offers a panoramic view of the outdoor landscape and a tranquil environment. In the lobby, the designers retained the original oblique interior roof structure, and added glass ceiling to enhance natural daylighting, and at the same time utilized perforated aluminum sheets to soften the light and produce interplay of light and shadows.
Dimensions & Packaging: The area of project is 2500 square meter.
Tags: Jupiter I, Zhangjiang, shadows, hotel, sloped roof structure, the Solar System
Production Technology: The interior is characterized by a diversified material palette consisting of terrazzo, deep-colored ultrathin stone materials, timber, and leather coverings, etc., which fuses softness and solidness and enriches textures of the space.
Main materials: perforated aluminum sheet, ultrathin stone materials, terrazzo, wooden veneer, back-painted glass, mosaic tile, stainless steel, wooden flooring, paint
Design Challenge: The staircases strengthen the three-dimensional visual impression of the space, and make the experience of going up and down more interesting.
It was very challenging to approach the rooms with a sloped roof structure. The design team turned an oblique angle between the interior roof and the wall into 90 degree, and added a skylight to introduce daylight. In this way, the re-imagined ceiling was endowed with both a simplistic form and rich details, and was made a highlight in the space.
Research: Zhanjiang, where the project is located, is a city in the southern part of China mainland, which boasts unparalleled coastline and spectacular view of tides.
By skillfully making use of light and shadows, structures and colors, the design team injected imagination into spatial scenes, which will attract the guests to experience and explore the unknown.
Inspiration: The hotel is named after IO (Jupiter I), which is the innermost of the fourGalilean moonsof the planetJupiter. IO is the most geologically active object in the Solar System.
The moon of IO is full of unknowns, changes and uncertainties. Those properties coincide with the designers' initial conception of the hotel. They refused to restrict the interior design to a certain style, but combined contrasting yet diverse design elements to bring more possibilities to urban hotels.
Project Duration: Completion time: October 2019
Location: Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
Operation Flow: Occupying a total area of 2500 sqm, the hotel has 36 distinctive guest rooms. Each guest room is an independent unit, and also an integral part of a whole system that provides diverse experiences, just like numerous rotating objects constitute the Solar System. Erecting opposite the Sheraton not far away, I O HOTEL embraces the coastline in its unique way.
Team Members: Chief designers: Chen Huacai, Xu Hezhan
Design team: Jiang Honglan, Xu Meijie, Huang Jian, Lu Yunfeng
Image Credits: Photography: ETERNO /MGS